Chapter Four: Dark Angel II (Villain Izuku AU)

Izuku whistled slightly as Endeavor and Hawks tag-teamed against the High-End Noumu Dabi had set loose on them. He had to admit, the Doctor had created quite a nasty piece of work. This monster was even more powerful that the beast they had tried to set loose on USJ until All Might stepped in.

Well, that or Endeavor and Hawks combined were weaker than All Might. Probably the latter.

"They're making a helluva mess," Dabi scoffed from beside him. They were watching from the cover of a huge billboard on a rooftop, surveying the carnage as it unfolded. Granted, Hawks was doing an excellent job keeping the people safe, so no civilians had actually been hurt yet.

This was as much a test of Hawks' worth as it was an opportunity for Dabi and Izuku to see how Endeavor was operating following his recent ascension to the number one position in the hero rankings. He was a poor successor to All Might, but he was the best the heroes had.

For now.

"I've seen worse," Izuku shrugged lazily, kicking his feet back and forth over the edge of the building. "At least this'll keep the heroes more focused on defending themselves instead of out investigating the area where Tomura and Gigantomachia are duking it out."

Dabi snorted. "Like they were investigating that in the first place."

"True—oh, is he dead already?"

Izuku cocked his head to one side as he watched Endeavor more or less completely incinerate the Noumu in an impressive aerial conflagration. It was about time. He was starting to wonder if the current number one hero would actually die from the living weapon.

Dabi only looked mildly disappointed, he thought with some amusement.

"Ah, well," Izuku slowly got back up and scanned the devastation. "We should probably retrieve what's left of the Noumu. If there's anything left."

"And if there isn't?" Dabi asked.

Izuku's lips curved up into a nasty smirk. "I can think of something to really mess with the heroes."

The other villain's eyes widened in realization. "Can you actually…?"

"He's so weak right now it'd be a formality to call it stealing," Izuku snickered, grabbing Dabi's arm and warping them down to the scene of the fight.

Endeavor and Hawks were together, the former barely able to stand after the thrashing he'd taken. As soon as they arrived, Dabi unleashed a surge of blue fire that entrapped both of the Pro Heroes in a deadly ring. Both of them froze and looked up at the villains in alarm.

"Well, hey there, Mr. Number One," Dabi sneered. "You look like shit."

Endeavor's face, which was twisted in pain, turned to rage. "League of Villains…so this was your doing?!"

"There aren't too many other organizations out there capable of this level of destruction, Endeavor," Izuku commented lightly, a smirk on his face.

Endeavor and Hawks both regarded him with wariness. Izuku knew why—he'd yet to make a pubic appearance and he was basically a completely unknown factor. Sure, Nighteye and Lemillion had seen him when he'd arrived to destroy Chisaki, but that had been it.

Though he wasn't yet ready to display his full strength alongside the League of Villains just yet, he saw no problem with making a statement now. Just the knowledge of what he could do would shake the entire country to its very core.

Hawks took up a defensive position between the villains and the weakened Endeavor, but it was a futile gesture. Izuku had already analyzed a not-insignificant amount of data on the man—he knew full well that Hawks, for all his prowess, was not a combat specialist. He couldn't fight either of the villains alone and hope to win, let alone both at once.

"What's your business here?" Hawks demanded, eyes flashing briefly to Dabi and then back to Izuku.

"I just came to get my pound of flesh," Izuku pouted playfully. "You didn't even leave me the ashes of my Noumu. Since you took a toy that belonged to me, I'll take a toy that belongs to you."

Izuku lifted his hand and Hawks tensed, ready to grab Endeavor and fly as fast as he could with what little feathers he had left, but he froze when the villain made a grabbing motion and yanked the air towards himself. A surge of energy suddenly fled Endeavor's body—

The flames covering Endeavor ceased to exist as the energy buried itself into Izuku's body. Hellflame's former master's eyes widened first in shock, then in horror as he glared at Izuku. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"

"I took the only thing you considered precious to you," Izuku sneered. He held one hand up and Hellflame flared to life. Endeavor's eyes bulged and Hawks was frozen in shock. "I was tempted to take Shoto's Quirk instead, but honestly the kid hasn't really done anything to warrant that. You on the other hand…heh, I've got a whole list of reasons to take this from you. You're even less useful than All Might now, Endeavor. Even in retirement, you're still second to him."

"Return it to…me…" Endeavor began, only for his eyes to roll into the back of his head and collapse on the ground.

Dabi snorted. "At least he was awake long enough to feel it happen. Maybe I should kill him."

"Nah," Izuku shook his head. "I can sense another hero coming in fast. It's probably Miruko—she patrols this area pretty frequently. I'm not really itching for a fight right now, either. I'd say let's go ahead and call it a day."

"Copy that," Dabi cut off his flames and Izuku switched Hellflame off before the latter warped both villains out of the area.

Later that day, Izuku decided it was about time he paid a visit to the mortal enemy of his father. Well, formerly mortal enemy. Still mortal, no longer an enemy. Not really.

U.A's security was tighter than any place barring Tartarus, but Izuku had acquired a myriad of stealth Quirks that, when used in the right combination, allowed him to warp into U.A's grounds undetected—so long as he was alone. And he was alone for this. He felt it was necessary to do this on his own.

Toshinori Yagi visibly tensed as Izuku stepped through a door in space and emerged into the man's office. It was clear he'd been having a stressful day, what with Endeavor hospitalized and a good chunk of a city destroyed.

"Sorry for intruding," Izuku murmured as he closed the door in space behind him. A quick glance confirmed the physical office door was closed as well. Good. The less interruptions he had, the better.

"You were on the scene with Dabi after Endeavor's battle today," Toshinori said calmly. Izuku had to admit, he admired the man's nerves of steel. Even knowing that he was helpless in the face of Izuku's power, he gave off no fear.

"I was," Izuku replied simply. He didn't sit in the chair across from Toshinori and just shoved his hands into the pockets of his hoodie.

"And now you're here. For me?"

"I'm not here to hurt you or take you anywhere," the young man told Toshinori. He could tell the former Pro didn't believe him, but that was fine. "I'm not interested in punishment or revenge. I just came to chat."

"About what? How did you even get in here without security being alerted?"

"With no small amount of difficulty and several stealth Quirks I picked up from thieves," Izuku remarked with a slightly chuckle.

Toshinori inhaled sharply. "Then…you really are his—"

"I'm not my father," Izuku cut him off, though not unkindly. "My actions—my decisions—are not his. If I gave you a list of the people I take Quirks from, you'll see pretty quickly that they were doing more harm than good, anyways."

"Vigilantism is still illegal," Toshinori pointed out. "And stealing Endeavor's Quirk was—"

"If you tell me it was wrong to take the Quirk from a man who subjected his wife to psychological torment for the sake of a…eugenics experiment, and then beat and isolated the children that resulted from that experiment—sometimes nearly to death—, then forgive me All Might, but I will laugh at you."

Izuku wasn't surprised when the man across the desk visibly blanched. The blood drained from his face faster than what should have been healthy, but then this man hadn't been truly healthy for years now. "What?"

"Endeavor was very good at hiding his actions from the public, but I have an inside source who knows all too well what his father has done," Izuku told Toshinori gravely. "Shoto became his…replacement when he was born."

"Dabi," Toshinori breathed. "The scars—"

"Ask Endeavor."

If anything, that made the former Pro pale even more. Izuku was starting to actually become concerned that Toshinori might pass out, but the man took a few deep—if shaky—breaths and managed to recover himself.

"Okay…" Toshinori swallowed. "Okay. Suppose I believe this. Suppose I believe that your information is indeed credible—and I'm not saying it isn't—and that you truly think you're doing all this in your own efforts to bring about justice. That still doesn't make it legal, or even right. You've aligned yourself with the League of Villains, why didn't you—no, that's a stupid question."

"I'm glad we're both on the same page," Izuku said dryly when Toshinori cut himself off. The man was smart—of course he was smart. You couldn't become the Symbol of Peace by being a muscle brain. They both knew how stupid it would be to ask why Izuku hadn't instead tried to become a hero rather than a vigilante—a villain.

"What's your aim? Why join the League?"

Izuku considered the question for a few moments before he finally sighed. "Honestly? I've known the people in the League longer than anyone else, and admittedly I'm quite fond of a few of them. Some of them are damaged or broken, and I…I want to look out for them."

Toshinori squinted at him. "Are you really his son?"

"This should hardly be surprising given Tenko Shimura's current occupation."

The man had the grace to wince. "Fair enough. But you have to admit that this move you've made against Endeavor will only serve to send society further into chaos."

"As opposed to the crushing realization that the figure they turned to when you stepped down was a family-beating monster? I think this is the lesser of those two evils," Izuku retorted. He shifted around the desk to look out the window, ignoring the way Toshinori's gaze followed his every move. It was almost nighttime, and he could see a few students running back to their dorms. "It's just as you say, though. I'm doing what I feel is right to people I think deserve what they get, even if they're horrible things. I did the same to Muscular and Kai Chisaki, and I don't regret it for a second."

"This is a dangerous path you've chosen, young man," Toshinori warned. A pause, then he spoke once more. "And a lonely one."

Izuku's face steadied itself into a determined expression. "I know. And maybe it will be a lonely path, one day. But for now…I have people that I want to keep safe. People that need me. And I refuse to leave them to suffer when I can help them."

Toshinori was silent for a time before he turned completely in his chair to face the nineteen year-old boy. "What's your name, kid?"

"Izuku," was the murmured answer. The young man turned in place to meet Toshinori face to face for a few seconds. His mouth quirked up into a soft smile. He clearly hadn't inherited his father's sharper features, Toshinori realized. "It was a pleasure to talk to you, Mr. Yagi. I hope we can talk like this again sometime."

"I do, too," and Toshinori was surprised to realize that he meant it. For all the boy had done…he wasn't evil. Not truly. His heart was in the right place, he was just…misguided probably wasn't the right word, but something like that. "Please avoid breaking into my office in the future, though."

The boy laughed then, and it was bright and so full of true amusement that Toshinori's lips rose into a smile. "I'll call you next time. Hope you don't mind telepathy."

Before Toshinori could formulate a response, the boy stepped into a hole in space and disappeared.

Izuku stepped out into the woods and heard a terribly loud crash as soon as he finished warping. He let out a sigh and squinted at the distant trees being utterly crushed by a hulking shape in the darkness which was no doubt Gigantomachia. Clearly the beast had gotten plenty of sleep and had deigned to assault his would-be master once again. Hopefully Tomura was still alive.

"Izuku!"

He turned to the voice and barely had a moment to blink when a blonde blur crashed into him, wrapping her arms around him in a vice-like hug. Izuku's body warmed even in the cooling air as he returned the embrace.

"Missed you," he breathed, burying his face in her shoulder.

"It hasn't been that long," Himiko mumbled back as she carved the fingers of one hand into his curly hair.

"It is when I know you're fighting that damned monster out there all the time," he retorted, pulling back and holding her at arms' length to look her over. She had a few cuts and bruises, but to his relief, he spotted nothing serious in his brief scan.

"You worry too much," she smirked at him.

"Can you blame me?" He tilted his head towards the battle when a particularly loud bang rang through the trees.

She shrugged and stepped closer. "Point."

Izuku was closing his eyes before she even rose on the tips of her toes to press her lips to his. The tension drained from his body as he felt the warmth she gave off and the life he could feel pulsing from her as she hummed against his mouth.

He'd been helping her and it showed how much she'd recovered from her condition. Her mind had been fractured and broken by the consequences of an oppressive childhood and the utter rejection of her Quirk, of a part of her.

They were still putting the pieces back together, but if there was one thing both of them were sure of, it was that they had slowly, steadily grown to love each other over the years. Before she'd joined the League, even. Before they'd gone on the run together with Tomura and the others.

"Could you guys like, not make out in front of me?"

Spinner's annoyed question had Izuku smirking against Himiko's lips and she giggled as she pulled back enough to reply. "You could always get lost for a bit."

"I was here first; find your own camp!"

Izuku flashed a grin at his fellow villain and made sure to wrap his arms around Himiko a bit tighter. "That can be arranged."

He stepped back and pulled himself and Himiko through a spacetime portal, emerging on the other side in an alleyway somewhere in the city. Thankfully, it was currently unoccupied.

Himiko glanced around and smirked. "Well, this beats the woods."

"Yep," he mumbled before kissing her again. She laughed against his lips and only too happily reciprocated as he pushed her gently against the wall behind her.

All in all, it had been a pretty standard day for Izuku: Rob the number one hero of his Quirk, rat out his abusive tendencies to the mortal enemy of his imprisoned father, and finish the day by making out with his girlfriend.

This life wasn't easy, but it was his life, and he would keep living it.

"Think you can break us into a hotel room?" Himiko breathed as she pulled away to kiss at his neck.

That kind of motivation certainly didn't hurt, either, he thought with amusement, before he opened up another portal and carried her through it.

A/N: Idk guys, I needed villain Izuku to do some crazy stuff tonight.

If you hadn't guessed already, this is part of the same Villain Izuku AU from chapter 2. I'll post more of that universe every now and again, as well as more from the Star Wars AU and probably a few others. I'm not taking requests for chapters, but if you have ideas for one shots and wish to share them, then by all means please do!

As ever, please review and thanks for reading!