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A man can be seen wandering in the dark parts of the city jumping over multiple obstacles as he uses a gray scarf enhancing his movements.
Aizawa shota, known as the Pro-Hero Eraserhead for a few people, walked through the dark alleyways of the city, remaining hidden while still in search of something. The HPSC had sent him on a mission to infiltrate a random cult that's been stealing a bunch of hero merch with the expense being over a million yen…
Out of all the possible things they could've stolen, it had to be hero merch? And they're not even rookie thieves, they've been out of the Commission's radar for 2 years now!
While he was pondering, he almost hit his head on a wall but thankfully his senses caught up to him and he stopped just before his face brutally kissed some concrete, the scruffed man took a few steps back and locked his sights on the building in front of him. Bingo! He finally found where they resided, he wandered around the place for a bit before seeing what he was looking for.
Just above a dumpster, he spotted a rectangle shaped vent conveniently half broken. The man launched his scarf over to the unbroken half, pulling it just enough for it to get ripped off the wall while still not making any sort of noise that could trigger someone inside, and gets into the opening using the dumpster to elevate himself.
Aizawa had his fair share of crawling through vents ever since that rat bastard kept stealing his juice packs and hiding them in the UA ventilation system as some kind of insane form of ‘training’, but he knew it was just for the principal’s amusement. He had to crawl his way through the tiny vents for his precious flavored nutrition packets in his caterpillar sleeping bag that reeked, like of unwashed bed sheets which had been pissed on, and since he sleeps in that almost daily he smelled like that too.
He thought the smell would've gotten Joke to not approach him, but nooooo, that somehow made her approach to him more, he doesn't know why that happened but he will probably regret it if he questions it. Aizawa goes through the entirety of the vent system, while not as small as the school’s vents, it was fairly tiny so he had a bit of a hard time crawling through it. Eraserhead found himself peeking through the rails of a vent door, into a large yellow blue and red room, mostly red than yellow in color.
The middle of the room, a large circle containing a grin that suspiciously resembles his co-worker, right in the center of it. He wonders how this has anything to do with the retired number one hero. Fortunately for him, his questions will be answered when multiple hooded figures can be spotted walking into the room, each styling a different color and size of said hood, but having one thing in common.
Large pointy shaped antennas sprouting out of the top of the hood resembling either that of a bunny or All might.
He could spot a few figures standing out to him than the rest, a green coloured clothed figure with a mask resembling a grin reminding him of one of his student’s first costumes.
A bulky one whos the same as endeavor and all might in terms of size, while having the color palet of the latter, and the other one had ripped clothes, his skin only covered by pieces of white bandages and sharpened blades, a tattered scarf acting as a mask while his bloodshot eyes were clear as day.
The man in question seemed to have an aura screaming ‘Danger’ to those engulfed in it. A good thing he dealt with many evil villains, that it doesn't bother him that much.
“It's time to commence the 75th Might Cult meeting, grieving the retirement of the Symbol of Peace for the 3rd time in a row”. The green color one spoke, as a wave of sadness befell them all as they mourned their Number 1 Hero’s retirement.
”In other news, limited edition All Might figurines have hit the market.” “What's the figurine about?” A reptile shaped man with the same mask as the bandaged one asked. “It's one resembling his first debut as a hero in America.” “You're joking right?” He said, unbelieving.
”This is no joke, Gecko Might. Everyone's going crazy for it, 79% of it has already been sold. It was just released a week ago.” “Then what the hell are we waiting for? Let's go and take it for ourselves.” The bandaged one commented.
While this is playing out, Aizawa could spot a shadowed figure moving in the corner unseen by any of the cult members.
”There's no need for that, my fellow fanboys, for I have already bought most of the stock. Letting us have multiple for each of us while still controlling the market.” Cheers of joy emanated from the cult followers as the green one replied.
One of the followers, in a torn all might hoodie that were in stores a few years ago, spoke out to the greenie. “Boss! There's news that new merchandise is being sold in the next few days.” “Oh? And what kind would they be, Sky Might?”
“One of them is called ‘Thin Might’ plushie which represents All Might in his untransformed form.”
“That's a new one, probably the first in the market. Getting that is a must! And what about the others?” “Well… another one’s a figurine commemorating the death of the hero… Sir Nighteye.”
The cult followers' faces sombered hearing the name, lamenting their former leader, while the Leader remained unfazed. “A yes.. that was a sad day for all is. No matter…” He slumped his head, showing sorrow for the man’s death.
“Therefore… I, The new leader of the Mighty Cult, taking the mantle of the former leaders All Nighteye and Shield Might will buy all the new hero merch to honor our fallen former leader.” The members let go of their despair stricken moods, inspired by the leader’s words cheered, praising the green clothed man.
But Eraserhead was trained in hearing, so he could hear a few chuckles coming from the man.
Aizawa was so enthralled by the cult follower’s speech that he couldn't feel the vent rail under him collapse and he fell down. He was soon spotted on the ground covered in dust and dirt, grunting and coughing as he got up from where he lied.
The loud clang of the metal vent brought the attention of every single one of the members of the cult. “An intruder!” One in a tuxedo shouted as. The man with the blades approached him slowly. “We need to eliminate him. We shall not have any witness to our plans.”
“Wait!” The leader stopped them all from attacking him, “Shouldn't we hear him out being we do anything rash? Is this what All Might would've wanted us to do?” The man who approached him felt ashamed as he backed away, putting back the katana he was going to use in the sheath.
The leader looked at Aizawa and asked. “Okay friend, Let us both forget what just happened alright? If you just answer this one question.” Eraserhead grunted as a sign of affirmation.
"What do you think about the symbol of peace, All Might?” The hero took a few minutes to answer. “All might.. that idiot?” The leader put on a strained smile as some of the followers showed signs of alarm, the man who approached him gripped the katana he put back as he scowled at the hero. Woah! Not a good start for you, Aizawa.
”He's okay as a hero, but he's absolutely horrendous at stealth, and an idiot teacher who doesn't know how to even teach. And he gives me teaching advice. What a joke? All those flashy moves he does makes me hate him even more. So honestly, I hate him.”
Apparently this was not the correct response, as he saw all of them begin to show visible emotions of anger and malice towards him, while some began to show signs of quirk activation, their hostility visible to the man who dissed the Number 1 Hero.
Izuku midoriya didn't even care anymore, Aizawa being his teacher be damned, how dare he insult All Might! ”Okay, nevermind. Kill him.” he commanded, and soon all the members began to attack the hero.
Aizawa, alarmed from their quirk activation, calls for backup just before he had to dodge a repulsive blast and a combat knife that aimed for his neck. “Shit!” he shouted before he got hit in the guts by the tuxedo man as black gas poured out from his arm, causing him to stagger a few feet back due to the pain inflicted onto him.
He couldn't catch a break, as he had to dodge a monstrosity of a sword, which almost slammed into him. Thankfully, he jumped out of the way in time and used his quirk on the man who conjured the blast, he was the only long ranged fighter out of all the members so it was a good idea right?
Unfortunately for him, one of the members, in a trenchcoat pulled out a gun from one of the coat’s pockets and shot him in the shoulder.
“Nice shot, Truth Might!” One said in a feminine voice as she hit the ground breaking it and constructing a boulder which she then began to speak a few words, Aizawa couldn't hear her due to the pain the bullet had caused.
The member threw the boulder which Aizawa tried to dodge, but the rock seemed to redirect itself towards him, hitting him and throwing the hero off balance.
Aizawa blinked. Soon, a bunch of blasts of repulsive energy shot towards him at horrifying speeds, he dodged most of them but some hit him in the legs causing his ability to move fail.
He tried to get up but his arm got sliced by a knife, which was then licked by the attacker. His whole body was paralyzed and he couldn't move. “That's what happens when someone insults All Might.” the man who sliced him grunted.
They all bring Aizawa to the grinning circle, placing his bloodied body in the centre of it.
“My fellow fanboys!” The green one shouted. “This heretic has stepped on our sacred grounds, blaspheming our beloved hero.” The crowd of members in the room shouted in anger. “Hence, he shall be used as a sacrifice” Wait, WHAT?
“To honor, our fallen leader and our retired symbol, his blood shall spread upon the circle of light, as we put all might merchandise on his body cleansing his soul of hatred. All fight, I give the spotlight to thee.”
The bandaged man approached the paralyzed Aizawa as he pulled out a ritual knife, he stopped before he angled it to the hero’s heart and brought down the knife.
THUD
The knife that was going to pierce flesh, instead hit concrete, the man holding the knife looked around in confusion then scowled at what he saw.
Near the entrance, Kamui Woods held the bloodied man. The tree hero took off to the door beside him shouting that backup is arriving soon, Izuku hears this. “Dont!” He stops his followers from attacking him. “More heroes are arriving, we need to leave now. We can't get caught.”
The leader and his followers begin to pack up their merch, Stars and Stripes gives the quirk of Atsuhiro Sako, Compress to spinner. The reptilian man compressed all the merch while she gave the quirk of Kurogiro, Warp gate to Tsukauchi to warp them to their main hideout.
They all jump into the warp gate that was now created which directed them to their main hideout. Unknown to them the shadowed figure that Aizawa had seen hopped in while no one was looking.
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Spinner unloads all the merchandise, uncompressing them, while the other members help setting up the merch. Midoriya realizes something. “Wait.. we're missing a few merchandise.” “Which ones?” Spinner asks. “those one” “oh… those.”
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The heroes, now at the area, search the place in order to find any remnants. All there remained was dust, but something stood out to them all. In a corner of the room, Pictures, Posters, Figurines, Plushies and life size ones of them in the most disgusting, horrifying, vomit inducing smutty positions and.. oh god what the hell is Wash doing to Endeavor and Mirko. Some even looked away at the filth they saw.
A warp gate opened revealing a reptilian man who turned all pieces of those disgusting merch into marbles before looking at the heroes in suspicion wondering why they weren't attacking him, the heroes were all too disgusted to even try to capture him.
He shrugged and returned to the base.
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Spinner finishes unpacking the merchandise, safely secured in a room with a high security door guarding it, and walks to the meeting place. Midoriya izuku walks to the middle to announce something. “Well now that everything's back to normal, It's ti-” “You!” “Who?” Sir Nighteye walks in the room, no hole visible in chest as the members gasp in shock seeing their former leader alive while Izuku looks horrified.
”I know what you did! Midoriya!” The former sidekick menacingly walks to the new leader as the green haired boy staggers back in fear. “I-” He tries to get his words out, but gets interrupted. “You were the one who killed me!” “Wait no-” Midoriya denies the claim.
“Is this true, Nighteye?” Dark Might asks his former leader. “Yes.” “It's not!” Midoriya still tries to deny Nighteye’s words. “Your new leader killed me in order to take my most prized possession, 25th anniversary all might poster” The members looked wide-eyed at the two arguing members, they could not believe Sir Nighteye’s words.
“Nooo.. Sir!” Mirio looks at his mentor’s dead body with tears in his eyes. Midoriya walks out of the room still remaining unseen.
The boy walks out of the hospital and wanders for a bit, before finding himself at the entrance of the Nighteye Agency. He breaks in and heads towards the pro hero’s room. Opening it, he spots the poster. Just what he was looking for. Reaching out to grab it, he finds out it was a hologram.
Shit.
A speaker plays. “So you're trying to steal my All Might Poster hmm..? Well too ba-”
BANG
Izuku used One for All to break the speaker. He doesn't want to hear that hero’s voice again.
He prods at every miniscule detail in the room, in search of the real poster. He pulls out a book, which seemed to be stuck and tries his hardest to pull it out of the shelf.
Sssssss
A Snake like hiss can be heard, while Izuku looks around in confusion letting go of the book he held. The wall behind Nighteye’s desk opened revealing a safe. He strolled to the safe and put in one of the twenty number sequences he saw when he fought Sir Nighteye.
BEEEEP
Wrong.
He puts in another one
BEEEEP
Wrong.
He aggressively puts in another one.
BEEP
The safe finally opens to… reveal ANOTHER SAFE?
Izuku Sighs and puts in the now nineteen number sequences.
“And you know what?” “W-What?” Midoriya asked in fear. “I want to say.. I am so god damn proud of you.” “Wait, what?” Izuku looked dumbfounded at the former dead hero.
”Seriously! You somehow angled Overhaul’s spike to get me, made a distraction during my death, got into my room, found the hidden safe and figured out the code for my safe which is like 20 different locks, all for my poster? I'm impressed!”
“And you know what? Being a leader is tiring for me now that I'm supposedly dead to the public. It's unwise for me to take a high role as the leader of the mighty cult… So, I, former leader All Nighteye crown you as the new Leader, Small Might.” The cult followers applauded at the scene while a crying midoriya hugged the former dead hero.
”Well what are you waiting for? Let's go get those merchandise!” Nighteye shouted. “Yea!” They all chimed in unison.
They then went on to commit grand larceny.