Chapter 2: Reputation

So, this whole, modern Robin Hood thing is easy. For the record if someone ends up reading this thing, my quirk is reflect. I can make things, reflect. For example, I can make my punch reflect from the wall, so if I punch the wall, I can make the impact reflect itself from it.

Anyway, stealing money is easy. Giving it to the ones who need it, easier even. Being The Joker, the charismatic figure in the night, not so much.

Izuku turned around and while holding his blade in one hand and smirked at the mirror "You talking to me?"

He sighed, turned around and repeated "Hey, are you talking to me?" He sighed, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He got ready to repeat, when, he heard a sound. He frowned and turned to the door...

The door was busted open as two heroes came in and scanned the room, as Izuku hid behind a counter. He frowned as he put on his hat. It has been a couple months and he became wanted already. Can't blame them, stealing is a crime after all.

But this might be a time to... practice.

He jumped and sat on the counter, put on some sunglasses and smirked "Hey, looking for someone?" The heroes turned to him as he smirked "Is this handsome? If not, you got the wrong guy."

"Joker! You are under arrest! Come peacefully and no one will get hurt."

Izuku smirked "What an interesting proposition. But I'm good." And he threw a playing card at them.

Okay, never mind... it was kind of fun being Joker that one time. After my first encounter with those two, I appeared in the news the very next day. I even left a Joker card, like Zoro leaves a Z.

But now, I can't leave during the day. I might need a hideout. Or at the very least a disguise... Anyway, I'll ask Giran for that later.

As Izuku jumped from the roof to the front door of the rundown house, he slung the bag he carried over his shoulder and knocked three times. He tapped his foot as the door barely opened "Y-Yes?"

Izuku smiled "Inori-San? Right?"

The woman gulped "P-Please, I don't know where is my husband... I-"

"Don't worry about the debt, I talked with them and they are kind of busy to handle it." Inori looked at him and her eyes widen.

"You are the..."

Izuku smile "The one and only. I received your letter. And here," He put the bag on the ground "Is a little something to help you and your daughter."

Inori opened the door and opened the bag to see a lot of yen inside "This is-"

"A little help from good ol' Joker. Think nothing of it- Whoa!" Izuku stopped when the woman hugged him.

"You are my hero. Our hero."

Izuku eyes widen lightly before patting her back "It was nothing, Inori-San."

As he jumped back to the roofs he had a small smile. That... that felt nice.

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"In the latest news, the mysterious figure only known as Joker, is the prime suspect of the Yaoyorozu mansion theft. According to the police report, none of the family members noticed him getting in, and it wasn't until morning they found his trademark, a playing card, specifically the Joker, and their jewelry boxes and funds in the house gone. So, is he truly a menace to society? Or just another petty thief? More of this in-"

"Hey I was watching that Giran." Izuku said smirking as Giran huffed and tossed a silver briefcase to him that with no effort, he caught.

"I am starting to believe you got an ego all of the sudden. Hearing news about how you stole a mansion and no one noticed?" He rolled his eyes as he threw a small package at him that he caught with his free hand. "That's your cut."

Izuku raised an eyebrow "Since when I need a cut? All this money is-"

"Yeah, yeah, you'll thank me when you are in a pinch. Your mom made that mistake, so let me help you avoid it."

Izuku frowned as he looked at the package before smirking "Look at you, caring for little ol' me."

Giran smirked "You are quickly becoming my best client; it would be a shame if something happens to you."

Izuku nodded with a smile "Good to know."

"Also, there is this new guy named Stain. Better be careful with him."

Izuku grinned "What kind of hero name is Stain."

"It isn't a hero name. He is what we could call, a hero hunter." Giran corrected with a smile and Izuku raised an eyebrow "But he kills everything practically. Heroes, villains, vigilantes, only civilians seem to be safe. So, you know, be careful with him."

Izuku nodded "Stain, eh?"

I don't know why, but it was rather quick my first meeting with Stain. Maybe Giran jinxed me or something, because we almost killed each other. Keyword being, almost. It turns out that Stain is friendlier than what Giran thought.

Izuku jumped to grab the edge of the cellar, while his free hand held a bag full of money and some precious metals, and in a swift motion, he pulled himself up and was standing alone on the roof.

He cracked his neck with a smirk. It was easy to steal from Mr. Lethal office. The corrupt hero was always accused of corruption and with so much valuable objects just in his office, it wasn't hard to deduce that the accusations might be true.

But with all that being said, it was easier to get in, compared to other places... almost as if the security was away...

Izuku shrugged, probably he is just overthinking things. He slung the bag over his shoulder and was about to jump away into the dark, when a knife flew past his head, barely missing him.

Izuku smirked as he turned his head to his assailant "You know, if you wanted an autograph, there are better ways of asking... Stain."

Stain red eyes glared at him, and the first thing he noticed, was that he was covered in knifes, and had three katanas, two on each side of the hip, one on the back. "Joker, to think I found you here of all places."

Izuku dropped the bag next to him and stretched his shoulders "Oh, don't mind me; I was just cleaning up the office and was about to leave. But if you want to dance, I'll lead."

They stayed starring at each for a few moments, before Stain glare softened "I don't want to fight you."

'That's a new one.' Izuku thought as Stain relaxed his stance.

"Actually, I admire a lot of your work, but I believe that there is a lot more you can accomplish, and I know you can get it by working with me."

Izuku stepped on the bag of luxuries and hummed "And by all that you mean what exactly?"

Stain grinned "Cleanse this society, by killing the fake heroes that dirty the work and name of the true ones!"

Izuku nodded "Right..." He heard the police sirens flare up and nodded "Do you have a place we can talk without being chased? This bag may be small but it is heavy."

Stain nodded "Follow me."

*Sewers*

"Remind me that our next escape, will be at my place." Izuku said as they finally arrived at Stain's hideout, inside the sewer's system.

"It might not be the best place, but no one had even thought of coming here to find me." Stain simply said as Izuku looked around the simple hideout. A PC, burner phones on a table, a bed and lot of sharp weapons.

"So, what is what you need from me exactly?" Izuku finally asked throwing the bag on the bed.

"You and I, are the same. We are the last trace of noble causes, what heroes initially were. Not because the fame or money, but because we do what's right!" Stain declared and Izuku hummed.

"Are we now? All that I hear from you, is that you are a ruthless killer."

"And that you are a greedy thief."

"Touche."

"See?" Stain said taking off his mask "This society just cares about making these impostors bigger and bigger, while all the good ones are slowly but steadily, disappearing. We can be the change of it."

Izuku nodded while humming "I can see what you mean. I really do." Stain grinned "But I still think you are a radical, because what you do, isn't solving anything. You can kill a hundred 'fake heroes' and two hundred more will pop up."

Stain nodded with a frown forming "Then what do you suggest? What is the true way to save this society?"

Izuku raised his arms in a fake surrender with a smirk "I never said I can or will save this place. I just do good things for people in need. And maybe one day, those people will help others, and so on. One good action can change a life, y'know?"

Stain scoffed "Those people you say, that can help others, will never thrive in this corrupt system. The only way to truly change it, is cutting it from the root."

"By yourself?" Izuku pointed out with a smirk that really started to rub Stain the wrong way "I agree that the ones on top aren't the best bunch, but you need more than murdering whoever you think is corrupt. Mr. Lethal; corrupt? Yes. But no one on the top actually cares about him."

Stain frowned but nodded "And Endeavor?"

"What about Endeavor?"

"We can agree he isn't exactly the best hero in terms of civilian safety, yes?" Izuku nodded "And there are a lot of rumors about his domestic life with his children and wife."

"I heard some, yeah."

"So, would killing the number 2 hero, call the attention from the one in top?"

"Yeah, but then what. People will be impressed but also confused. You never talk, or leave a message, so they are going to see it as a villain taking out the number 2 hero, ant then, he is going to become a symbol of heroism, dying in the duty. Who knows, maybe he will get a statue next to All-"

"Don't you dare to compare him, to All Might!" Stain snapped and Izuku nodded.

"Right, but you see the point. Killing him, isn't going to solve anything, it might even worsen the situation. The real way to help and make a change, is actually, helping the ones that are left behind. Not doing a big murder and hope people will say, 'that Stain guy might have a point.' There will always be people that might want to go that way, but they will lack your true conviction."

Stain frowned, but luckily, Izuku could see he wasn't mad at him or ready to stab him, but thinking what he said "Why you do this?"

Izuku hummed and looked up "Because... because I wish someone did it for me."

Stain nodded and walked to him "You have a noble cause, and a rich heart." He extended his hand "We might not agree on everything, but I hope one day we will be able to work together."

Izuku smirked and shook his hand "We can do it Stain. Give it a thought, and maybe you'll find that my way might be more productive."

Stain hummed "We'll see."

Two months later took Stain to stop killing heroes randomly, and came to Giran to target them. After Giran calmed down, the Joker and Stain made a badass team, a dynamic duo even.

But we like to call each other friends.

Next Chapter: An Orphanage