Hello, everybody, to another chapter! It's been awhile since I got back here due to college finals exams, but now that classes are over on my part, let's get to the chapter.

Villain Bar:

"Master, how many Nomu's have you finished?" Tomura asks at the computer, having had his right bleed shoulder bandaged up due to Stain's knife.

"They're not as strong as the one at the U.S.J., but I've finished verifying the behavior of six." He replies, "Their mindsets should be the same as the 7 Nomu's I sent with you against Momoshiki."

"Perfect. Give them to me." Tomura demands.

"Why?" His leader asks.

"Because I despise the hero killer." His apprentice grumbles in reply, "I can destroy the things I don't like, right, Master?" He shakes his widened eyes under his hand-mask.

"Very well." His master understands, "However, you may only have Five." He adds, "Use this as another learning experience." He advises.

After the call, "Tch... if only there was a recruitment that isn't so damn high and mighty..." Tomura sneers.

"You keep trying to kill them on sight, that's why the hero killer was acting that way." Adult Shin and his son comes through the door, "In a way, he was right."

"I have no time for irrelevant nonsense." Tomura glares, "I'm already in a bad mood..."

"Hmph." The Uchiha scoffs, not giving a crap.

"While roaming around for a while, there is a small gang that I caught sight of before our meeting with the Hero Killer." Kurogiri reveals.

"You're mentioning this now? Who?" Tomura asks.

"They're called the Mujina Bandits." The warp villain replies, "A gang that steals value goods and make profits once they achieve them."

"No different from first rate villains who usually do nothing but rob banks." Teen Shin comments, not all that intrigued.

"For once, the kid said something logical." Tomura surprisingly agrees, which Teen Shin glares at the comment he made as an insult. "We need strong recruits, not a small and low-level gang." The hand-mask villain adds.

"Let's not count them out yet." Kurogiri continues, "Their leader, Shojoji, has a quirk that lets him assume the identity of his victims. It could be the reason why his gang always succeed in getting what they need." He adds, "Adding to that, he could have more in his arsenal."

"You heard him." Adult Shin chimes in, arms crossed over chest, "You're already judging a book by its cover way too early, Shigaraki." He adds, "Just as you said, we need recruitments, so this isn't the time to get picky, just because the Hero Killer refused your offer."

"..." After listening to that, Tomura reluctantly thinks about it before somewhat agreeing, "Fine... just hope that he doesn't pissed me off as much as the hero killer did."

Opening 5 "Sora ni Utaeba" by Amazarashi

Starts with a Rasengan aimed towards the ground and a smash that clears the smoke all around in a unison. Out of the cleared dust stands the MC's, Izuku and Boruto, who are in battle position with firm looks as they face a platoon of villains in front of them. Before they do, All Might and Naruto appear beside them, with smiles of approval. The teens nod with smiles too before the two go charging at the villains with their signature moves. The Logo appears as things start off.

As the song plays, Naruto stands on top of a building as the wind blows through his white cap, next shows All Might standing on top of U.A.'s building with his cape also blowing in the breeze. Next reveals Sasuke and Gran Torino with frowns, the latter thinking back to All Might's master, Nana Shimura.

With the song furthering, it shows Izuku, Boruto, Sarada, and Todoroki with looks of concern as they gaze at Tenya, who shows a look of seriousness as he aims to avenge his hospitalized brother and hunt down the Hero Killer. It then shows shots of a few Class 1-A students with determined looks: Sumire(who thinks back to her past life as a villain and using Nue to attack the city), Ochaco(who thinks back to her perseverance and battle against Katsuki at the Sports Festival), Mitsuki(recalls back to being in a test tub and looking up at Orochimaru), Momo(with her head down, recalls her performance back at the Sports festival), and Katsuki(with an angry glare, recalls back to the two times Izuku tried to save him, as a kid and with sludge villain, and recalls his scuffles with Boruto when they were kids and their battle at the Sports festival, which he lost in the end, further angering the hothead)

We then see the Battle of Hosu, showing Hero Killer Stain wielding two knives and his tongue flying out in a battle cry. Boruto throwing down a bolt of lightning while airborne, Shoto launching a stream of flames from his left side, combined with a large fireball that's launched by Sarada, Tenya speeding up and doing a recipro kick, and Izuku zig-zagging from wall-to-wall using full cowling and going for an axe-punch. Next shots show the League of Villains(Tomura, the Shins, and Kurogiri) and the Mujina Bandits(led by Shojoji, who grins evilly with his arms crossed over his chest).

The last panels show Class 1-A, each in battle poses, before we click back to Boruto and Izuku, being in front of the group, powering up with their quirk auras as the song closes.

Chapter 52: Mujina

At 7:10pm:

"Gale Palm." Boruto uses to blast down 3 tree branches, in the middle of training, "The Hero Killer, huh..." He mentions in thought, "Based off his recent attack on Iida's brother alone, he's a professional criminal and won't be an easy guy to find or defeat." He thinks that, but cracks a smirk, "It's fine though. If I could fight Momoshiki, then I can definitely take on the Hero killer. No doubt about it." He uses Lightning bolt to bring down another tree, "Hosu here we come." He states firmly and confidently.

Until he hears a clap, that gets his attention and turns to see the boy he and Sarada met earlier, Tento, is there.

"Bravo, bravo." Tento claps with a smirk on him, "That was some power display there."

"Y-You're the kid from earlier!" Boruto points at him in a dramatic way before giving off the annoyed look, "What are you doing out here at this time? Shouldn't you be with your butler or something?"

"Nah, my dad decided that we stay here for the night before heading to Hosu for his business meeting." Tento said, with a shrug.

"He's going to Hosu too?!" Boruto's surprised to here, also no all that delighted, "Oh boy... I'm gonna be seeing this kid everywhere..."

"Anyway, I came to say thank you for yesterday." The boy continues, still smirking.

"Huh? For what?" Boruto asks, totally confused. Was it about the autograph sentence that he wrote.

"For showing me how commoners would act in a situation like that, as far as not signing a simple autograph." Tento replies.

"If you're here to annoying me, then go home." Boruto turns around, resuming training, "Arrogant rich kids are one of the things I can't stand..."

"Oh relax, it's nothing of that sort, but..." Tento brings out a wooden-chair that he had behind a tree and sets it up before sitting on it, "I want to see how a hero trains on regular basis."

"Watching me train? As if!" Boruto exclaims dramatically, "You'd thrown off my concentration."

"Come on, I always wanted to watch a hero practice and show off his quirks. If you do that, then I won't annoy ya." Tento grins, "Cross my heart."

With a twitching brow of aggravation, Boruto sighs reluctantly, "Fine, but eventually you'll have to go cause I'll be out here all-day."

"Okay with me, now let's get to it!" Tento excit, not bothered at all, "There were a couple quirks you did back at the sports festival... oh! There was lightning, and wind!"

"Those? Alright, watch closely, ya brat." Boruto cracks a small grin, doing a one-hand sign that starts his quirks, "Gale Palm!" He blasts down a couple trees, followed by, "Lightning Bolt!" He throws about a blue lightning to blast down a few more, having some dust arise from that.

"T-That was awesome!" Tento beams loudly, "Even though it's nothing compared to most hero's that was neat!"

"This brat...!" Boruto sees he's giving off that arrogant talk again and is annoyed by it. Shooting off an annoyed glare.

"There was another quirk that you use... ah! the ones where you can make clones of yourself!" Tento remembers, eager to see that one.

"Hmph..." Boruto huffs a little before doing that, "Shadow Clones!" He summons 5.

"WOAH!" Tento beans widely, "There's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of you!" He adds, "Real Heroes are so cool! You're definitely the son of Fire Fox and the festival's champion!" He compliments.

"W-Well yeah." Boruto tilts away awkwardly.

"So cool!" Tento continues beaming than ever.

"Look at him laughing so genuinely..." Boruto smiles in response, "He's still just a kid, so maybe he ain't so bad after-all."

"Hmm... but you know," Tento puts a hand under his chin, saying otherwise, "I've heard that Fire Fox could make over a thousand clones and has stronger usage of wind." He adds, comparing them, "Compared to that, this is pretty lame."

"Oh you little punk...!" Boruto tick marks inwardly, de-summoning his clones before pointing at the kid dramatically, "That's exactly why I wrote that phrase on your book, about you not having any friends with that attitude!"

"Huh?" Tento blinks in surprise, "But aren't you my friend, Boruto?"

The teen walks up to him and gives him a bent-down look and sighs after standing back up, "You know, I gotta say you really are dense, aren't you?" He questions, "What about my attitudes makes you think I am?"

"Oh boy, you could say I'm happy." Tento laughs a little, "I've always wanted to have hero in-training as a friend." He says nonchalantly.

"Are you even listening to me?!" He exclaims, surprised by this kid's level of denseness.

"Look!" The boy shows him a book of cards only, "This is my Card collection."

"What?" Boruto takes it, having and look, "A-Amazing!" He sees that Tento has almost all of the cards of each hero in Japan, including, All Might, Gaara, Hawks, Endeavor, Mirko, Kakashi, Shota, Shikamaru, and the collection goes on, "You practically have every card!"

"That's my binder of rares and above." Tento said, "I have lots more."

"You have so many, but don't have one of on my dad- I mean, Fire Fox?" Boruto asks in surprise.

"I just haven't been able to get the card I really want. It's weird I tell you." Tento shakes his head.

"Tell me about it..." The whiskered teen agrees on that one, flipping a page and widens in surprise to find a 'rare' card in there, "You have his card too..."

"What, Boruto? You want that card?" Tento looks at what he's looking and guesses.

"Want? That's an understatement." Boruto replies, still looking at the card in awe, "Before this week started," He refers to his internship, "I tried to get my hands on it, but so far, no luck." He adds, "This is the first time at seeing the actual thing, ya know?"

"Oh... You want it? You can have it." Tento smirks, lying back in the chair.

"H-Hey, man!" Boruto's dramatically surprise at this answer, "Do you even know how rare this card is?! It's super rare!"

"It's fine." He brings out his black card, showing it off in a smug way, "As long as I have my black card, I can get it again!"

"Uh..." Boruto trails, surprise he's still going on about the black card.

"In exchange..." Tento proposes, "You'll give me a proper autograph and teach me how to be a hero."

"Huh?" Boruto narrows in confusion.

"I was thinking that I want to be a hero too." He grins, sitting up, "Well? If you teach me how to fight and give a proper autograph, that rare card is yours. It's not a bad deal, right?"

Closing the binder and placing it at the edge of the wooden chair, "Nope."

"Huh? Why?" Tento asks, surprised.

"I'm the type who has to get what he really wants by his own strength, no matter what it is." Boruto replies, confident in that, "I'll think about the autograph part though."

"Alright, how about something else." Tento smiles, again not bothered, "Just tell me anything you want. Okay? Teaching me how to be a hero is the only thing you have to do."

"This guy just uses money to get his way!" Boruto sights inwardly. After Tento annoys him for the last few seconds, he concedes, "Fine! But training's gonna be super hard for the next couple hours!"

"Really? Yes!" Tento beams, raring to go.

"All right, time to really be hard on him!" The whiskered teen tick marks, really looking forward to that.

While observing from afar is Shojoji and a couple of Mujina thugs, "Damn, the kid's with Boruto Uzumaki..."

"He won the recent sports festival at U.A... we can't kidnap the brat if he's there. What should we do, Boss?" The second subordinate asks, glancing up at him.

"..." The green-bearded villain only glares silently, responding, "We'll leave him alone for now." He adds refering to Tento, "Tangling with Fire Fox's kid would be us wasting time, and it'd drag too much attention to this area. Better yet, what's he even doing here?" He adds, "We'll just wait for another opportunity..." He turns his back and leaves.

"Yes boss." His subordinates reply, following him.

45 minutes later:

"Awww man, no more!" Tento complains, tired out from trying to throwing a couple of Boruto's battle-knives at the target-sign that's hanging up on the tree, "I mean, is it even possible to hit this target? I don't believe it!" He adds, annoyed with this, "Do a better job at teaching me!"

"Heh heh, he's starting to give up." Boruto smirks mischievously, before remarking "Look I've been teaching you fine this whole time." He adds, hands in pockets, giving the brat a taste of his own medicine, "Watch." He picks up one his knives to do a demonstration, "You see, you're suppose to let your arm do the work." He throws the projectile and easily makes a bullseye, "And you just strike'em. Do you understand?"

"Strike instead of throw...?" Tento wonders, deciding to give that a shot, but misses again, "Oh come on! Why doesn't it just hit already?!"

"It isn't something that you're going to do right away." He said, hands on hips, before asking, "Why do you want to become a Hero anyway?"

"I got interested after I started collecting cards. I mean... Heroes are strong and cool!" Tento replies, hyped.

"Is that all?" Boruto sweat-drops.

"Okay, what about your quirk?"

"Huh?" Tento turns around, confused.

"I'm asking what your quirk is." He repeats.

Hearing this makes Tento's head lower with a nervous expression, revealing, "Um, I... actually don't have one..." He mutters out.

"Really? Usually kids would have their quirks by at least age 3..." The blonde's surprised to hear, "So that means you're quirkless..."

Tento sighs, adding his reason, "I don't know if I'll ever get a quirk at my age now... but if I become a hero, even without a quirk, than my dad will pay more attention to me." He speaks and wishes, surprising Boruto, "Dad always tells me that hero's are amazing and that they're trustworthy people." He adds, "He's always working and doesn't come home much and he's always thinking about heroes." He smiles a little, "That's why I want to become a hero one day, who's amazing enough to be on a card and save people." He's stares positively, "And then maybe, my dad will finally acknowledge me."

"..." Hearing this reminds Boruto of a certain freckled teen, "A friend of mine, used to quirkless, just like you..."

"Huh?" Tento perks up in surprise.

"Even though he had no quirk, he refused to concede defeat and kept striving hard, despite the impossible odds." The Uzumaki continues referencing Izuku.

"So... what happened next?" The kid asks, invested in this.

Smiling before continuing, "And thanks to his refusal of defeat, he gained a powerful quirk at the start of U.A. high. Hence, continuing his goal towards being a hero." Boruto finishes, hands in pockets, while Tento is in awe after hearing all that, "It's a hereditary thing, but that's the result of never giving up."

"Woah..." Tento widens, "So... if I don't give up and continue to practice daily... then I could I get a quirk one day?"

"Hmm... perhaps. It all depends on you." Boruto shrugs, "But at the moment, you look like you're ready to give up."

"!" Tento immediately picks up one of Uzumaki's knife, ready to resume training, "No, let's keep going!"

"Very well then." He smiles, "If you really want to do this, then we'll stay out here for the next couple hours till you get it."

In another part of the forest with the Mujina Bandits, a purple portal opens in front of them, coming out, Kurogiri.

"What the-?" Shojoji narrows at the warp villain, so does his subordinates.

"It's nice to meet you, Mujina gang." Kurogiri greets politely, "I've heard about your recent activities and it's impressive." He adds, "So I haven't come here to fight."

"Oh? And why's that?" The green-bearded villain asks.

"It's that some of my colleagues wish to speak with you." The warp villain replies, "They have an offer that you might find... likable."

"..." Shojoji listens, but at the same time, finds this out of the blue and doesn't even know this guy to trust him.

"What should we do boss?" 1st subordinate asks.

"Should we fight him?" 2nd one asks, getting out a knife.

"No, it's fine." He stops them, before smirking, "I'm intrigued to see what this guy and his 'colleagues' have to offer me." He decides.

9pm:

With a large lantern out as it's now dark and his jacket off while sweating tiredly, Tento keeps trying to connect the battle-knife with the target, but fails each time, until he hits the side of the target, but still misses, "Damn it!"

"That was close. One more time." Boruto said, arms crossed over chest.

"Milord!" Yamaoka runs over to where they are, "So this is where you've been!" He huffs in exhaustion.

"Watch me, Yamaoka! I just barely missed it!" Tento excites, "Up until now, I couldn't get it."

"What's the meaning of this, just what have you got the young lord into?" The butler asks in question at Boruto, who keeps at straight face, "This is things without authorization. Milord, this is much too dangerous!"

"I asked him to teach me." Tento replies in truth, "Don't blame Boruto!"

"It doesn't matter." He replies, concerned, "You are the heir of the Madoka family. So there is no need for you to do things such as this."

"But.., I just started getting better at it. Let me try just a little longer." Tento begs a little, which his butler disapproves.

"Let him do it." Boruto chimes in their little argument, "he's finally getting the hang of it. It's more fun for him to hit a target with a knife, and with his own strength than buying up rare cards with his black card." He walks over.

"It's true." Tento looks back at his butler for his approval.

"..." Yamaoka sighs, "Good grief. I understand." He adds just as Tento excites, "However, you have an hour left as it's getting late and we must set out early in the morning."

"Yes!" Tento understands, going to practice some more, "The next one will be a bull's eye!"

Just like that, Tento continues to work hard at trying to hit the target. While that goes on, Yamaoka explains to Boruto that Tento's father gave him the credit card because he had no idea what his son actually liked, so Tentō began collecting cards and participating in tournaments to try and gain attention, with even that not working, which is also a reason why he buys cards. The butler also notices that thanks to the whiskered teen's methods, Tento has discovered something better than cards.

Villain's Bar:

"Join your group, you say?" Shojoji narrows in surprise with a raised brow, along with his few subordinates."

"Precisely..." Tomura replies, sitting down on a bar chair, "Kurogiri caught sight of you guys during a robbery or whatever and recommended on having you as recruitment's." He adds.

"He explained something about your quirk that allowed you to morph into your victims, I believe." Adult Shin said, "Sounds like a transformation quirk of some sort."

"You caught me using my quirk, huh?" Shojoji eyes the warp villain, "Color me surprised."

"Is that really the only quirk you have? I get the feeling you have more behind your back." Teen Shin said.

"Ha, and what if I do, kid?" Shojoji smirks, "Better yet, what makes you think we'll join your scurvy crew?" He gazes to Tomura, "We're not too hung up on current events, but you guys are the ones who snuck into U.A. and got your asses handed to you, right?" He laughs, with his subordinates doing the same, "We'd be wasting our time playing villains with you guys and it certainly wouldn't help the Mujina bandits get profits as a group either." He taunts.

Tomura glares and tightens his right fist before opening it, "You're asking for a death wish, pal."

"That type of attitude is why the Hero Killer didn't join us." Adult Shin berates to the Hand-masked villain, "If you continue to get provoked by small-comments like this, then our group won't expand... and you'll never kill All Might."

"..." Tomura glares irritably at the Uchiha next... but reluctantly knows that he has a point and takes a small breather for now, "Tch..."

During this, Shojoji takes a large cigarette out his pocket before lighting it, blowing smoke out of it that almost fills half the bar.

Tomura coughs a bit from the terrible stench, even under his hand-mask, "Put that damn thing away." He demands.

"Yeah, that's not happening." The green-bearded villain ignores him and still smokes without a care, "Smoking is what I do, and a habit of taking things slow. You should try one yourself and chill out." He said in a taunting manner, earning a scoff of refusal from the young villain.

"Hell no... it reeks." Tomura grumbles, waving some of the smoke away, "I'll take Giran smoking in here than you."

"Whatever. And back on topic, you even tried recruiting the Hero Killer: Stain? That's takes guts, but I heard that guy is a lone wolf and kills heroes in every city he sets foot on." Shojoji continues.

"Which is exactly why I plan to destroy him at Hosu for pissing me off." Tomura remarks.

"Hosu, you say." The green-beard villain's familiar with that city, which is where he and his crew will relocate and that's where Tento and the Madoka family are heading.

"Back to the main subject, will your Mujina gang group join our league of villains..." Tomura asks with a small glare, "Or not?"

"There's no way the boss is gonna have us join you." One Mujina subordinate said.

"You got that right." The second one agrees.

"On the contrary, this will be up for discussion." Shojoji said, surprising them, "That part about 'Killing' All Might, the world's number 1 hero? That's a high bar you're aiming for!" He grins to Tomura, finding this amusing, "It makes me curious as to how you're even going to pull off an impossible goal like that. Even if you did, you'd have to deal with the second strongest hero, Fire Fox." Adding, "You can be all talk, but you need action to back that up, kid." Afterward, he then gazes to the warp villain next, "Our conversation is done here. We'll be in touch, so send us back to Konoha city."

"So you're declining the invitation to join the league?" Kurogiri asks.

"Can't you listen? I said it's up for discussion." Shojoji replies, "Now get us back there already. The fame of fortune is still calling my name." He grins.

Back to the forest:

"Ha!" Tento finally hits a Bullseye with the battle-knife, "I did it! I hit the target!" He hugs Boruto excitedly and celebrates, while Yamaoka smiles.

"See, you can do it." The blonde congratulates.

"I did it... but if I don't keep practicing, I'll lose my touch again, right?" Tento asks.

"That's true." He nods, "Muscle memory can fade if you don't stay on top of it." He adds, "Even if you keep practicing, it doesn't mean that you'll hit it every time. But..." He takes the knife off the target board, "It'll lead to something if you keep training."

Looking at the dirt on hands from the hard work, "It does?" Tento mutters in question.

"Bingo. And it's something that you can't buy with a black card, but with your own hands." After putting the projectile up, Boruto hands him his notebook, "Take a look inside." He advises, with Tento doing just that.

"Woah...!" The boy widen in delight at seeing Uzumaki name print on there, hence, the autograph.

"That's your reward for hitting the target." He grins.

"Thank you!" Tento hugs him immediately, getting a chuckle in response.

In a dojo, Sarada trains with her eyes closed, throwing a battle-knife at the target, hitting the center before throwing 4 more, hitting the sides on the spot, "Perfect form." She raises a fist, satisfied with this, "Bring it on, Hero Killer! You're going behind bars by the time we're through with you!" She hypes herself, ready to go to Hosu.

Later on, in the dark woods, Shojoji and his few moons are back after being teleported back by Kurogiri, with the former speaking, "Now then, where were we?" He looks around.

"Boss, over there." His 3rd subordinate points to Yamaoka walking alone in the woods.

"Oh..." He then thinks of a brilliant plan, "He'll make a perfect disguise." He grins evilly, before letting his subordinates know his scheme.

Meanwhile, Yamaoka heads back to the hotel to prepare Tento's room... until he sees a figure walk up ahead, who then disappears. As the crows flock, "Who's there?" The old man runs, only to find on one there as he pants tiredly, "Huh?" He feels the wind as the person is now behind him, being none other than Shojoji.

"W-Who are you?!" The butler stutters, now frightened at the huge villain.

"You won't be knowing, since you're as good as dead." Shojoji begins to open his mouth, using his mouth, killing Yamaoka before he could scream for help.

9:50pm:

On the way back to the hotel after training Tento, "It was fun getting you to teach me for the last couple hours, Boruto." The latter smiles. .

"Yeah it was, though I wasn't expecting it." He admits, hands in pockets.

"So..." Tento lowers his head a little, "Do you think we'll meet again?"

Stopping for a moment, causing Tento to stop too, in confusion. "Hey, man..." Boruto huffs and squeezes his nose lightly, "Is that something that you'd say to a friend?" He let's go.

Tento widens in surprise as Boruto grins in assurances, making the kid tear up.

"What's with the water works?" The teen asks as they laugh. Tento reminds him of Izuku with the dramatic tears, finding that amusing, before dropping the kid off and heading back to his hotel for the night.

Internships, Day 3:

After training with Gran Torino, the elder hero reveals, "Hope you're ready, because we're going out to fight some villains."

Surprised, "W-What? Just like that?!" Izuku stammers, in his hero costume.

"The key is to get experience with difference types of villains in any situation." Torino replies, as they walk on the sidewalk, "This is an internship after all, you shouldn't be too surprised by this."

"I agree, but I still think I need more time to prepare myself." He replies, still feeling that he needs more training with one-for-all.

"From what I've heard, you've already fought real villains and fought alongside the top pros against those three white villains that could fly." Torino recalls, referring the to Otsutsuki, "You'll be just fine, we aren't going after anyone that big." He assures, before they take a taxi to Tokyo.

As they ride by, "We'll pass Hosu city... I wonder how Iida's doing." Izuku takes note of, inwardly, "I'll try to message him later."

5pm in Hosu City, "We'll be patrolling Kyoto today, too." Manuel said as he and Tenya walking around the sidewalk, "Sorry this is so repetitive."

"No, it's better this way." Tenya replies, still looking around.

Noticing, Manuel turns his head back, voicing, "I know this is hard to ask... but," He questions, "You're after the hero killer, aren't you?"

Stopping in surprise that he knows, "How did you...?" Tenya expresses through his helmet.

"I can't think of any other reason you came to my agency." Manuel said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you did!" He assures awkwardly with his hands waved, "But..." He then states this seriously, "You shouldn't purse personal grudges." He advised, surprising Iida, "We, heroes, don't have the authority to arrest people and punish them. They're only allowed to use their quirks because of the regulations put on them." He adds, "And that's why... no matter the reason, a hero mustn't use their quirk for themselves. If a pro used their power for their own selfish desires, it would be a serious crime."

"..." Tenya lowers his head, thinking about it.

"I-I'm not saying that the hero killer isn't guilty or anything." Manuel assures awkwardly, hands waving dramatically, "You just seem like the earnest type and I'd hate for you to focus on one goal and ignore the rest!"

"Thank you. I appreciate the warning." The U.A. intern bows his head.

"As long as you get what I'm saying." Manuel replies, "So we good?" He turns around and walks onward.

"..." Tenya recalls back to what Boruto told him before taking this internship. If the turbo engine user went through with what he was doing, his brother wouldn't be proud and he was going to regret it big time. After that callback, the teen tightens his fist as he walks forward, "No... what am I supposed to do... with this burning hatred? If I can't act!"

In another part of Hosu, 'Yamaoka' makes his way into an alley, with a communicator to his ear.

"How's it going so far?" A subordinate asks through the link.

"Not too bad." Shojoji replies, in Yamaoka's disguise, "They have no idea that their real butler is dead and is someone else in disguise." He smirks, referring to himself, "But on the other hand." He changes the subject and frowns, "After walking around with the brat and his father for the past few hours, it's hard to separate them. Adding fuel to the fire, there's Pro Heroes patrolling every part of the street... making it even harder."

"Damn it... is there any other plan we can think of?" His subordinate asks.

"..." Shojoji thinks for a few seconds before coming to a realization at calling 'them', "I didn't think I would resort to this... but let's call that league of villains group or whatever and see if they can be useful here."

"What?! But boss, are you sure?!" Subordinates exclaims in surprise.

"It's fine. It's not like we're joining their little club or anything." He replies, "I'm interested in how that Shigaraki guy will respond." He smirks, curiously.

Meanwhile, Sasuke, Boruto, and Sarada arrived in Hosu City a few hours earlier, in search of the Hero Killer. While patrolling a different part of the city in their hero costumes, Boruto checks his phone, seeing that Tenya hasn't messaged back, "Still no word from Iida."

"Strange..." Sarada puts a finger under her chin, "Doesn't he normally text back right away?"

"For the most part? Yes." He nods.

"Worry about your friend later," Sasuke looks back to them, overhearing them, "And focus on the main objective." He adds as they walk, "One basic fact that every hero should know is to cast out all distractions and remember what they're here to do."

"Right, sorry." Boruto puts his phone up, but still can't help at wondering what Iida's up to here.

"We've been patrolling here for awhile... and still no sign of the Hero Killer." Sarada said, "He might not even be in this city."

"According to the record of his killing spree, he's slaughtered four to five heroes at various locations all around Japan." Sasuke explains, "Here in Hosu, which I'm sure you two know, he recently injured a pro hero, almost mortally." He adds, which the two U.A. students know that he's talking about Ingenium, Tenya's older brother. "Following his record, it's safe to assume that he will appear somewhere in this city and finish what he has started."

"Okay. So we just keep our eyes and ears open and on full alert..." Sarada murmurs, glancing around.

"Easier said than done." Boruto said in addition, "So far he doesn't appear to be in any dark alleys..."

"Yeah, villains would normally kill their victims at that spot without being seen by any witnesses." Sarada agrees, "This'll be a little tougher than we thought..."

"..." Sasuke doubts that on the other hand since he'll just sense the Hero Killer if he was very close to where they are.

Ending 5, "Laika" by Bird Bear Hare and Fish

Opens with Naruto aiding Boruto in enlarging his Rasengan while All Might lending his power to Izuku's surging right arm.

As they prepare their attacks, Shots are show of Class 1-A, the U.A. teachers, the Pros and Kage Heroes, Sasuke, All Might, and Naruto. All of them watch as Boruto and Izuku use their current attacks to land a devastating blow on the enemy in front of them.

As the song starts to play, Boruto picks up a crystal before taking off in a dash, running by Sarada and Shoto, who look in confusion. Next shows, Izuku meeting up with them and catching something that lands in his hands, smiling after seeing it's a crystal. He looks to his left to see Boruto with a different crystal, both smiling brightly, along with Sarada and Shoto.

Next shows, Tenya, in his hero costume, with a look of depression, thinking of his injured brother before his expression turns into a glare of vengeance that's dark and directed towards the Hero Killer: Stain. As he sunk deeper into a mind of revenge, Izuku, Boruto, Shoto, and Sarada are in front of him, with their hero costumes on. Boruto would combine his crystal with Izuku's and the latter would hold it out in giving it to Tenya, in hopes of cheering up their friend and put his mind at ease. Tenya would hesitate a little before putting his hand on the crystal in Izuku's hand.

The next panel shows the 5 U.A. Students fighting on the streets of Hosu. They each battle multiple Nomu's, fighting evenly against them. As they fight the creatures, they resort to their powerful attacks: Shoto blasting a stream fire, Sarada using her Sharingan and a chakra-enhanced punch, Tenya doing an axe kick via Recipro, Izuku using full-cowling along with a right-fist smash, and Boruto enhancing his feet in chakra before taking off, throwing his lightning bolt from the air.

The last panel shows Boruto, Izuku, Bakugo, Sarada Shoto, Tenya, Mitsuki, Ochaco, Sumire, Momo, Tsuyu, and Fumikage in one unit with determined looks. As the ending closes, it shows they're ready to take on a challenge that comes their way without backing down.

Villains bar:

"Well, well." Tomura talks with Shojoji on the phone at the bar, "Look who comes crawling back."

"Don't get arrogant with me, Shigaraki." Shojoji remarks through the device, "To me? You're just a brat who's fooled so easily and a disgrace as a villain so far. Not even worth using my corpse quirk on."

"Come again?" Tomura irritates, scratching his neck, "You're lucky I didn't kill you during our first meeting."

"As if you could." Shojoji remarks otherwise, "I'm not calling because I'm putting the Mujina bandits under you. Now listen up, "He begins, "I'll make a deal. If you help me in the takeover of the Madoka family's business here in Hosu, then we'll consider being allies to your league."

"Oh?"" Tomura's intrigued to hear, having stopped stratching his neck, "A coincidence that you're even at Hosu. And what will you get out of taking over that rich business? Better yet, how will you do it?"

"To your first question, it's for money and power." Shojoji reveals, "Two, I'll disguise myself as Ikkyu Madoka's son and use his body to get close to the father and take on his disguise as well." He adds, "Once I've obtained his form with my quirk, I'll have full control over the Madoka family business, and every villain in Japan will live at ease and do what they want." He adds, "Not a bad deal, wouldn't you say?"

In response, Tomura thinks over goal that this Mujina member has in store. Granted, it wasn't a bad goal and different from Hero Killer Stain's goal, but the part about money and power isn't the part that he's too found of since ruling would be the hand-masked villain's job. Answering anyway, "Fine..." He grumbles, "I plan to launch an attack on Hosu to get rid of the Hero Killer anyway. While that happens, commence your plan elsewhere, to another building or something."

"I'm surprised, you actually thought this out. Didn't think you were capable of being strategic." Shojoji laughs.

"Don't insult me." Tomura grows tired of being underestimated, "However, if you fail to kidnap one small child in this chaos we're about to cause on Hosu, then I'm rethinking my choice on having you as an ally."

"Ha! This is coming from a brat who has yet and failed to find any recruitments to join his little band. You're even trying to recruit the Mujina band and failed yet again. Think before you talk and be grateful that I'm considering on us being allies." Shojoji remarks, seriously.

"Hmph. You and the hero killer are almost neck-and-neck in turns of being arrogant and annoying." Tomura scoffs, before revealing, "By the time my Nomu's begin their attack, that's when you do whatever you're gonna do."

"Done." Shojoji gets it, "Do your job properly this time." He said before hanging up.

"You big oaf, who said I agreed to this deal of yours?" Tomura grumbles inwardly, having not said or agreed to anything about the Mujina bosses proposal. He puts the phone down on the bar counter before standing up, "Kurogiri, Shin, we're off to Hosu."

"Understood." The warp gate villain nods.

"So we begin." Adult Shin said, knowing this is about to be a mess.

Just like that, everyone is now in Hosu and ready to coverage for the night's battle.

More of a set up chapter since I decided to tackle Boruto and Tento's friendship now instead of later. On top of that, the Mujina Bandits and League of Villains in contact with one another(temporarily) . The Hero Killer Stain fight also draws closer as we're about to get to the good stuff!

Thanks for reading and until next time!