18 Tamer

There were six Nomu's resting on top of the metal beds and in restraints. Deku stood in the observatory section of the Laboratory next to Garaki, who held a clipboard in his hand to take notes and wearing his white lab coat. Deku seemed out of place in the casual set of clothes that he was wearing before.

"How many are ready?" Deku stared down at the Nomu's, excited for what he had planned. If he could get his hands on just a few of the Nomu, then he could set his plan for action.

"Only two at the moment, Shigaraki has plans to use three of them soon. Why do you ask?" Hearing that All For One had plans for three of the Nomu already was a set back, so Deku needed to think of a way to speed up the process so he could get the Nomu himself.

"I was hoping to use some of them for an idea I have." Deku sighed as he couldn't think of any other way than to speed up the process of making the Nomu for him to use them.

"I will bring it up with Shigaraki if you tell me your idea, then maybe he will agree." Garaki turned to Deku and gave him what could be assumed to be his best option. Deku's face lit up with joy when he was given that offer.

"I wanna have some fun at the sports festival!" Deku turned to Garaki and began explaining, "So I thought that Toga and I could just hang around for a bit and watch it go down, then release some of the Nomu into the audience with help from Kurogiri and then do our thing!" Deku grabbed a knife out from thin air just before he finished explaining to added comedic effect.

"Hmm." Garaki put his hand on his chin as he thought about the plan, "I would be lying if I said that you idea wouldn't be a great display of power for us..." Deku furiously nodded his head to convince Garaki to agree.

"It will also be great for my public debut as a villain! Same for Toga!" Deku added on the last thing he thought of to push Garaki to agree.

"Very well, I'll talk to Shigaraki." Deku jumped in the air for his celebration and was about to walk back to his house with a joyful smile, "Oh, I've also received your costume designs, I'll get working on them straight away." Just before opening the door, Deku looked back.

"Thanks, Doc!" Then he skipped out of Garaki's sight. Although was looking like it was going to be one of the worst after being taken down by Bakugo, it seemed to have become one of the best at night.

----The Next Day----

Tomura, Kurogiri, Toga and Deku were all back at the hideout bar.

"We have located the hero killer, Stain." Tomura was the first to speak to discuss their plan of attack in the future, "I want you two to try an recruit him, I'm sure you'll have more than enough fun." Being able to finally meet the Hero Killer excited both Deku and Toga.

"So, where is he!?" Toga jumped up from her stall and impatiently asked where the Hero Killer was.

"He's been roaming around the alley's around here for some time now, you should be able to catch him in his act tonight." Just the thought of seeing the Hero Killer in person was enough to make Deku and Toga look like they were on fourteen cups of coffee just minutes after waking up.

"Yay!" Toga jumped into the air and celebrated. The conversation looked like it was going to be ended short, but then a voice came from a screen on the far wall, above the bar counter.

"Deku." It was the voice of All For One, the one who controls the current league of villains. All For One caught Deku just seconds before he got off the stall to leave, "Garaki told me about your plan."

Deku remembered what he had told Garaki the night before, and approached the screen in anticipation.

"It seems you need something that is crucial to my plan, however, you may take as many of the training Nomu's as you wish." For a moment, Deku thought All For One was going to decline his idea, but the good news came quick.

"Thank you, Master!" Deku's eyes lit up, but Tomura and Kurogiri were both confused, "Kurogiri, I'm going to need your help as well!"

"What's your plan?" Tomura got curious about the plan that he was unaware of, slightly irritated that it was kept in the dark from him. Deku returned to the stall to begin his explanation of the plan, and he knew that it was a plan they would enjoy.

"Just before they show the winners of the sports festival, I intend to give them.... a demonstration." Deku stopped for a second to leave them on edge then picked it up again, "Kurogiri will create multiple portals for the training Nomu's to attack the precious crowed whilst Toga and I will have our fun as well. I'm sure it'll do great for out debut."

"I must say, you're quite the genius. And its annoying." Tomura felt like he had been defeated with such a great plan coming from someone he's meant to be better than. He then looked up at Kurogiri to see what he had to say about it.

"Then shall we go and see what training Nomu's you wish to use?" Kurogiri put down the cup he was cleaning and expanded his purple mist for a body, removing his clothes in the process.

"Yes, please!" Deku sounded like a polite child as he accepted Kurogiri's proposal.

"Very well." Kurogiri opened up a portal. Deku and Toga skipped through it happily, but Tomura was hesitant. They eventually were all sent to a building that Deku had never seen before. Of course, Deku used the training Nomu's for his own training, but never in the place that he was then.

It was dark at first, but then the lights turned on row by row to reveal more Nomu's than Deku was expecting. There were about a hundred of them all contained. These Nomu's were never used for real attacks due to the fact that they were weaker than the ones from the Laboratory, and some were failures that still had some use.

Deku walked further in, where the center of the room was empty. There was two floors filled with Nomu. This was more than enough, he could use many if he wanted to overwhelm the hero's, but he had only planned to take down as many easy targets as possible.

Like a child, Deku ran over to some of the Nomu's as if they were something he had never seen before. His eyes sparkled as he looked in amazement.

"Are any too your liking?" Deku was already about a quarter of the way down the building, so Kurogiri almost had to shout for Deku to hear him. Before he answered, Deku gave it some thought and took a serious look at the Nomu's.

"Any of them will be enough, but none of them look like they'll be any fun!" Deku shouted back and continued to slowly walk past each Nomu. Eventually, Deku saw one that caught his eye.

There it was, a Nomu with three arms, one on the back with the hand reaching above its arrow-like head and was far longer than the other two. Just like the others, it looked strong too. The Nomu was damp grey, and seemed to have taken an interest in Deku when it walked up to the impenetrable glass.

"I feel like you and I could get along." The glass sunk into the ground when Deku spoke. Before he gave his orders, Deku put his hand out to stroke the side of the Nomu's face like he did with the Nomu that went berserk in the laboratory the previous night. The Nomu placed its own head into Deku's hand and looked into his eyes.

"Whoa, that's cool!" Toga called out, now next to Deku after becoming curious about the Nomu that caught his eye. Deku chuckled and looked at Toga with a childish smile.

"You make it seem like the Nomu are your pets." Tomura commented on how Deku treats the Nomu, not realizing that the Nomu were Deku's pets in his mind.

Deku moved his hand away from the Nomu and let it walk out from its cell.

"That's it, come on." Deku guided like it was afraid of the outside, because that's how Deku thought it felt. Once the Nomu was completely outside, the glass lifted itself back up again and Deku moved on to choose the next Nomu that will join his team.

After ten minutes of going through the entire building, Deku ended up with a team of seven Nomu that all stood in a line in the center of the building. Standing in front of them and clapping his hands together, Deku began the announcement.

"Dear Nomu, you have all been given the honor of- Who am I kidding!" Deku put on a serious act at the start, but couldn't keep it up when he broke down in laughter. "You'll be having fun with Toga and I!" The Nomu all made a howl-like roar as if Deku had said some motivational speech to them.

Deku warmly smiled as he could finally set his plan into action. Tomura sighed as he was beginning to get annoyed with Deku's happy go lucky attitude, but knew it was something he'll just have to deal with.

"If you wanna make an appearance too, Tomura, you can always join!" Deku offered Tomura to join the plan, but he brushed it off and began walking back to Kurogiri, who still stood where they first entered. Deku looked over to Toga with a confused expression, Toga shrugged her shoulders and followed Tomura. Deku turned back to the Nomu to say one last thing before leaving.

"I'll be back to see you tomorrow!" Deku then waved at them, making his way towards Kurogiri's portal and leaving the building as the lights shut off behind him.

They arrived back at the bar. Tomura sat down on a stall, Kurogiri returned to the bar counter whilst Deku and Toga made their way to the door. But before they did, Tomura stopped them with his cold toned voice.

"Wait." Deku and Toga nervously turned around as they felt like they were in trouble, "What's up with two? Always so joyful together. It make my eyes bleed."

Deku knew that Tomura was not one for the sunshine, but didn't know he hated it that much.

"You jealous?" Toga wrapped her arms around Deku's closest arm and questioned Tomura. Deku blushed and chuckled, not making a comment so he didn't get on Tomura's bad side.

"Tch." Tomura became irritated, and Kurogiri passed him a glass of water in an attempt to calm him down, "So you two became a couple that easily? How childish." Deku forgot that he was yet to reveal his and Toga's relationship with the rest of the group.

In response, Deku stuck his tongue out like the child Tomura claimed he was and left the bar, grabbing Toga's hand after she let go of his arm. Once the door closed behind them, Deku yawned.

"I really need to get some sleep. Can't believe we stayed up all night and not a single person was was fun." Although Deku was disappointed, that night was still one that would forever stay in his memories.

"Hey, Izuku." Toga looked away in embarrassment, despite usually being confident in what she says, "Why don't you sleep with me tonight." Deku could see her blush, and even started to blush himself.

"Yeah, why not." Deku's reply was short, but it was enough to satisfy Toga.

"Really? Yay!" Toga quickly turned back to look at Deku and her blush was gone within seconds when she jumped into Deku's chest and wrapped her arms around him for a hug. They looked into each others eyes, Toga's was glistening whilst Deku couldn't believe how lucky he was to have someone like Toga by his side.

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