Chapter 3: All Might Arrival!

Once Izuku calmed down he started cleaning himself up. He hadn't really showered or eaten since Kachan died and decided it was time to fix that.

He was back in his room when there was the sound of a hard knock against the front door. Izuku got up and started to move when he heard it. "Mydoria, we need to talk. I know you're in there." The sound of All Might's bellowing voice chilled him to his core.

That answered his question of who was there and he jumped out his window and ran toward the street.

All Might might be semi-disgraced after the news of him watching a child die, but he wouldn't kill a boy in the street. Or at least Izuku really hoped that was the case. His expectations for heroes had been greatly lowered.

He barely got to the sidewalk when he felt the wind pressure from All Might suddenly appearing in front of him.

"Young Midoriya, I simply wish to talk."

Izuku saw a jogger pass on the other side of the street with his phone out, recording. Izuku held back a smile when he realized that All Might didn't know the man was there.

So when Izuku responded he made sure the distant phone would hear him. Because Izuku had some things to say and he wanted the world to hear every word.

"YOU WANT TO TALK, YOU WATCHED MY BEST FRIEND DIE, AND DID NOTHING. ALL YOU DID WAS WATCH. YOU TOLD ME I COULD NEVER BE A HERO. WELL YOU WERE PARTLY RIGHT, BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER BE A HERO LIKE YOU"

"Please keep your voice down, I really don't want to cause a scene. I just wanted to know if you released that information."

"YOU SPEAK OF TRUTH BUT THE MOMENT I SPEAK IT YOU COME TO MY HOUSE? WHAT? VILLAINS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, NOW YOU HAVE TO FIGHT QUIRKLESS CHILDREN WHO KNOW TOO MUCH?"

All Might looked around and realized the camera pointed right at him. Oh. Oh no. If this got out he would be in an even worse situation than before.

So he put on his best smile and walked up to the man, "Excuse me, I would greatly appreciate it if you could not share that. I can assure you this has just been a misunderstanding."

"Actually this is a live video, so it's already out there"

All Might's face went completely pale at this revelation. Everything that Mydoria said is now all across the internet, along with him telling the man to turn it off, which even he could understand looked very bad. He stepped back and without a word and leapt into the air before he could make this worse.

Before going back inside Midoriya turned to the man who seemed to be still recording

"Thank you, I don't know what would have happened if you weren't here recording him."

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It didn't take very long for him to be identified in the video, especially since he was right in front of his house. He knew that the news crews and reporters would be there any minute trying to get the latest scoop.

But the first person to arrive was not the news. Izuku looked over his shoulder as a swirling black and purple mist formed in the corner of his living room and a man covered in hands walked out of it.

"Hey there kid, I never thought a runt like you would be the end of All Might."

"W-who are you?"

The mist formed into the general shape of a man and spoke, "My apologies, we should have introduced ourselves. My name is Kurogiri and this is Shigiraki. We're putting together a bit of a league of like minded individuals and we think that you would fit in with us."

Shiriraki stepped forward, "We're the league of villains, we're going to destroy hero society."

"W-why would you want me? I'm just some quirkless kid."

"Correction, you're the person who was able to destroy the number one hero's reputation and told every villain in the world how to kill him. You've proven that your age and quirk does not matter by doing what no villain has been able to do. You've more than earned your place."

Izuku was scared of what would happen if he said no, but curious of what waited if he said yes.

"Do you need a decision right now, or can I think about it?"

The man covered in hands got even closer, just a couple feet away from him "Hey, kid, don't wimp out now, you've already defeated the strongest, or is it that you think you're better than our group?"

The mist person spoke up and put a burner phone on the table, "It is a big decision, besides it appears the news is beginning to arrive so we shall make our leave. If you wish to join or discuss the matter further use this phone, there's only one number programmed in it."

Shigaraki leaned in close, clearly not understanding personal space, and whispered into his ear "Oh, and I should mention, we should be able to do something about you not having a quirk if you join."

And with that they disappeared back into the odd mist and left Izuku with his thoughts and so many questions.

He watched as a flood of reporters surrounded his house. Instead of talking to them, he decided to think first before doing anything.

He had the attention of the entire world, what did he want to do with it. What did he want people to hear?

He really wanted to argue against the fact that the fight happened at all. Was it really worth it for the sake of such a small crime?

That was the real root of the problems, all the collateral damage from that pointless game of cat and mouse between heroes and villains.

No hero could ever be strong enough to stop crime with no damage. The real issue is the approach, they are trying to stop crime as if you can get rid of the problem by just punching it.

He looked down at the phone they left behind, maybe the way to save lives isn't to fight crime but to control it.

No one could ever get rid of crime. It's always going to be part of society. But, maybe he could lower collateral damage from the inside.