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Izuku stood outside the Nighteye hero agency with his hero case in hand. He took a deep breath before walking into the building. He'd spent another week with Miruko working alongside her and then left to come here. Out of all the things he'd faced since being expelled from UA this one hit the closest to home for him. All Might had entrusted him with this power and believed he could be the new Symbol of Peace, but now Nighteye someone who worked very closely with All Might thought he didn't deserve this opportunity.

"I have to show him I can be the hero All Might knew I could be." He said as he walked up to someone. "I'm here to see Nighteye." Izuku said as the person he was talking to turned around. It was a boy a year or two older than him with blonde hair swept up at the front. He was wearing the UA uniform and had a bright smile on his face.

"You must be Izuku Midoriya nice to meet you! I am Mirio Togata second year at UA. You would've been my junior if you hadn't been expelled." Mirio said as bluntly as possible. Izuku smiled awkwardly.

"Umm yeah seems like I would have." He said as Mirio took his hand and shook it vigorously.

"I'll take you to Sir right away." Mirio said pulling Izuku into the elevator. "Sir is really excited to see you." Mirio said as Izuku arched a brow.

"I-is he?" Izuku asked. "That's not the vibe I got from him in my hotel room." Izuku thought to himself as the two rode the elevator. Mirio snapped his fingers.

"Oh yeah I almost forgot. I met some of your former classmates today." Mirio said as Izuku looked to him.

"Oh really how are they doing, and how did you meet with them?" Izuku asked as Mirio began to explain.

"Oh well they will be starting their Work Studies this year and Mr. Aizawa wanted me and my two friends to show them the fruits of that experience." Mirio explained as his mind was drawn back to his school day.

"Mirio, Mirio, Mirio can you believe we're being asked to teach our juniors oh this is so exciting what do you think they want us to teach them?" Nejire said almost flying off the ground next to him. Her long sky blue hair bouncing around her as on his left Tamaki walked with his shoulders hunched.

"Why did it have to be us? I don't know how to teach anyone nor am I qualified. Ugh my stomach is in knots I think I'm going to be sick." Tamaki said cupping his mouth as Mirio approached Class 1-A's door.

"We're not going to be teaching them Mr. Aizawa just wanted us to talk about our Work Studies and what that means. It'll be fine." Mirio said as the three stepped into the classroom.

Things did not go fine at all. Nejire was bouncing from student to student and peppering each with questions only to move on to the next student before the previous one could answer. Tamaki was facing the chalkboard not even looking in their juniors' direction let alone talking to them. He was mumbling to the wall about how valuable the Work Study is or something. Mirio could feel Aizawa's glare burning a hole in the back of his head.

Mirio turned to face Mr. Aizawa and gave him a thumbs up. "Don't worry sir I've got this." He said before stepping to the front of the classroom. "Listen everyone we could tell you about our Work Studies but I think seeing that experience in action will be a better example. Mr. Aizawa if it's alright with you would you mind us going to the gym for a demonstration?" Miro asked as Aizawa shrugged.

"I suppose that would be better for this lot." Mr. Aizawa said as the entire class along with the Big Three made their way to the gym. Everyone stood in the middle of the open space in their gym clothes facing Mirio.

"Alright everyone I want you to come at me like I'm a villain. This will show you what a Work Study will do and how the experience will help you grow as a hero. Now who's fir-?" Mirio was interrupted as a sandy blonde literally exploded towards him.

"Big Three my ass!" Katsuki shouted before unleashing an explosion right in Mirio's face. There was a cloud of smoke where Mirio once stood as Bakugou smirked. "You're not so tou-!" Katsuki felt a heavy blow to his gut that knocked the wind from him and sent him falling onto his back.

"Wow you're really impatient hunh but I don't dislike that." Mirio said as Katsuki clutched his stomach. "Now then as I was saying come at me like a villain!" He shouted before suddenly dropping into the ground.

"Bakugou!" Kirishima shouted before a gasp was heard from behind him. He turned to see the naked form of Mirio Togata appear behind their class. Jiro looked at the nude form of Mirio and felt her face heat up. If not for her "practice" with Izuku she would have been done for after such a display instead she only felt embarrassed for Mirio as she sent her ear jacks towards him only for them to pass right through Mirio's eye and then felt a punch to her stomach that dropped her to her knees as she clutched her midriff." Momo looking at her friend be taken out with a single blow and created a shield only to see Mirio's fist and arm pass straight through it and then slam into her stomach knocking the wind from her and putting her on her back.

As Mirio stood there he saw tape, acid, and a laser pass through his chest before turning around and dealing with Ashido, Sero, and Aoyama in quick fashion. Todoroki stood to the side watching his classmates be taken down one after the other. "He's so fast, and precise is this what a Work Study teaches you?" Todoroki asked before hearing a cough as Bakugou stood up ignoring the soreness in his gut.

"Drool over him on your own time Icy Hot." Bakugou groaned as he saw Kirishima, Shoji, and Tokoyami be laid low as well.

"Does he have more than one quirk? How is he doing this?" Uraraka said before taking a breath. "No calm down analyze the situation and plan accordi-." Ochaco was in her head so much that she didn't notice Mirio appear before her and punch her in the gut. "How does Deku do this?" she asked herself. Soon enough the only two people standing were Todoroki and Bakugou.

"Hmm I thought I put you down for the count. How resilient nice one!" Mirio said as his top half appeared from the ground. "And I haven't attacked you yet. Have you come up with a good plan?" Mirio asked Todoroki who looked at Mirio and braced himself.

"I think so." Todoroki said sending a wave of ice towards Mirio who dove back under the ground. Todoroki turned around seeing Mirio appear there with a smirk on his face before an explosion blasted through Mirio and sent Todoroki flying. Todoroki created an ice slide to use his momentum from the explosion and launch himself back at Mirio who allowed Todoroki to phase through him before punching him in the side.

"Dammit Icy Hot you got in my way!" Bakugou shouted before blocking a punch to the gut only for Mirio's hand to pass through his arm and slam into his stomach again putting him on his knees.

"That's not good. Heroes have to be aware of their surroundings at all times. That's an F Problem Child." Mirio said as a gout of flame passed through him form a shaky Todoroki. "Wow you both have such tenacity I'm impressed." Mirio said before looking at Bakugou stood up again. Mirio looked at the two and smiled before taking a deep breath and falling into the ground once more. At this moment Bakugou exploded the ground under him creating a crater to keep Miro from disappearing and to block his vision. Mirio fell into the ground and popped out behind Todoroki only to find Bakugou heading straight for him.

Not bad. Mirio thought to himself before kicking off Todoroki's back who whirled to grip Mirio as the older boy slipped into the wall. Bakugou looked at the ground waiting for Mirio to appear instead being slammed to the ground as Mirio appeared from the ceiling dropping onto Bakugou and quickly slamming a kick into Todoroki's stomach slamming the boy back against the wall.

Mirio flipped off Bakugou and landed as he proclaimed proudly. "POWERRR!"

Izuku sighed as the door to the elevator opened up. "That sounds like Katsuki alright." Izuku said as Mirio smiled.

"All of them were really great. I hope they find good heroes to study under." Mirio said as he opened the door to Nighteye's office and displayed a very…weird scene. A blue skinned woman was strapped into some kind of device and being tickled mercilessly as Nighteye stared on impassively before noticing Mirio and Izuku.

"So you came." He said before pressing a button to stop the torture of the poor woman who stood panting. Izuku eyed the scene before him and tried his hardest to explain what he was seeing, but nothing came to mind. Mirio who was either ignoring this scene or was completely desensitized to it saluted with a smile.

"Yes Sir I brought Izuku as requested." Mirio said as Izuku walked forward.

"I gratefully accept your instruction Nighteye." Izuku said as he and Nighteye locked eyes.

"Good to see now to give you a lay of the land." Nighteye said as Mirio helped the woman from Nighteye's device. "At this agency we're currently pursuing a Yakuza boss by the name of Kai Chisaki. We have reason to believe that he has made contact with the league of villains." Nighteye said as a light went on in Izuku's eyes.

"Kai Chisaki, does he go by the name Overhaul?" Izuku asked to Nighteye's shock.

"You've heard of him?" He asked before Izuku shook his head.

"Not until recently. I was brought in to question a League of Villains member. She turned out to be a clone, but before she fell apart she said that she was being made to work with a Yakuza by the name of Overhaul." Nighteye was surprised at this bit of information. He thought he was the only hero aware of Chisaki, but it seems that wasn't the case.

"You're well informed, and yes Chisaki goes by the name Overhaul and the Yakuza group he leads the Shie Hassaikai have been making some big moves in the underworld. My agency has been keeping an eye on his main hideout as well as surveilling him, but we've got nothing as of yet. That is what you will be doing while you're here. You and Mirio will be going on patrols throughout the neighborhood. In the hopes that having heroes patrolling so close to his territory Chisaki will remain at his base and be made to send his minions out to do his bidding."

Izuku nodded at what Nighteye said before looking to Mirio. "We should get going then shouldn't we?" Izuku asked as Mirio gave a thumbs up.

"I like your fire let's do it!" Mirio said as he and Izuku went to get changed and head out.

At the temporary League of Villain's hideout Spinner looked at Dabi, Twice and Mr. Compress. "Even you guys have to see that things have gone pear shaped. Kurogiri has been gone for more than a month and Shigaraki hasn't reached out to us at all. It's time to face facts that the league of villains is done. If we want to live up to Stain's ideals then we need new leadership!" Spinner said as Dabi looked at the lizard man.

"Surprisingly he's right. The league needs leadership and structure, and now we have neither." Dabi said before stepping forward. "So I'll be taking the reins from now on." The scarred man said as Twice jumped.

"I'll follow you to the end Dabi. Fuck you I'll be the leader lick my boots!" Twice shouted out contradicting himself once more. Spinner looked at Dabi and crossed his arms.

"That would be a pretty small step up. You're gone almost as much as Kurogiri and Shigaraki. Our leadership can't be more of the same." The lizard man said stepping forward. Dabi turned to face Spinner.

"You think you'll be a better leader Spinner?" Dabi asked. Spinner reached for the blade at his side clasping it tightly.

"And if I say yes?" Spinner asked right as a splashing sound was heard. A black liquid materialized out of nowhere and from it stepped what could only be considered a monster. Spinner drew both his blades as Dabi's arms lit up in blue flame. The creature seemed to shrink down and in its place stood Shigaraki Tomura. "Shigaraki?" Spinner asked as a lilting Shigaraki composed himself.

"Did I scare you guys?" He asked before taking a seat and looking at the trio of men. Shigaraki was dressed in a long black jacket with black jeans and a baggy black t-shirt with red and white shoes. "Sorry it's kind of hard to hold my form when teleporting." He explained as he looked around. "Where's Kurogiri I figured he'd be here and on that note where's the psycho schoolgirl?" Tomura asked as Spinner and Dabi relaxed their guard and Twice came out from behind Dabi.

"Well we haven't seen Kurogiri in like a month and Toga is out doing "lady" things." Twice said as Tomura scratched his head.

"Hmm guess Kurogiri must be working on something for master. I know master left him with instructions if he was captured. As for Toga she'll be back soon enough. Anyway has that masked man come by at all?" Tomura asked as Dabi shook his head.

"No he's left us alone aside from telling us that he wants to see Toga and Twice soon." Dabi explained as Tomura sighed.

"Alright then. Twice, once Toga gets back you two go see that masked idiot. Remember what I told you. This is for you two, so do what you feel is best." Tomura explained as Twice squeezed his hands together for a moment before steeling himself.

"I'll do it Shigaraki. This is the only way I can make up for bringing him to the hideout and making sure Big Sis Magne can rest in peace." Twice said.

In the room where Izuku was staying his door opened suddenly and in walked Toga Himiko. She slithered into the room quietly before shutting the door with only the soft click of the knob announcing her presence to the empty room. Himiko entered the room and took a breath. She could feel Izuku in this room his presence coated her as she walked through doing a little twirl as she walked into the room proper and noticed the large unmade bed in the room. She walked over to it noticing a few green strands on the pillow.

"Wow Izuku so fancy." Toga said going throughout the room to investigate. She hadn't been able to get close to her love for a while and it was starting to get to her. She sat on the bed and thought about how best to surprise her Izuku. "It's got to be perfect." She whispered to herself as she went over to the room closet and looked in to see Izuku had hung up his clothes. "So tidy." She said with a giggle before happily leaping onto his bed and rolling around in the covers eventually coming to a stop as she tried to formulate her plan to surprise her beloved.

It was then that her phone rang. She sighed as she fished the phone out of her skirt as she started to take off her shirt. "Helloooo!" She said in a giddy voice. On the other end Twice stammered.

"T-Toga-chan Shigaraki is back." He announced as Toga slipped her skirt off.

"Oh tell him I said welcome back!" She said as she unhooked her bra. Twice shook his head on the other end.

"Uh you're gonna have to tell him yourself. He wants you to back here. I and you are supposed to meet up with that Overhaul guy tomorrow." Twice said expecting a raging Toga to be heard soon. As Toga lay naked in Izuku's hotel bed her eyes darkened at the mention of Overhaul and what he did to Magne.

"I'll be there in a little bit." She said simply before hanging up. Twice had expected her to whine and start shouting, but she'd been oddly compliant and that weirded him out even more.

"She said she'll be back soon." Twice said to Shigaraki who was sitting in a chair and looking out the window at the cityscape. He seemed completely oblivious to the world around him right now, but at the same time he was more aware of the world then he'd ever been.

"Good." Was all he said not even looking toward Twice.

Izuku had been walking with Mirio for a few hours now and he found he really liked the older boy. Mirio's quirk was permeation allowing him to slip through solid objects. On paper it sounded simple, but it required a lot of steps and concentration Mirio told Izuku. "That does sound like a very complicated power to use." Izuku agreed as Mirio smiled and shrugged.

"I couldn't have made it so powerful without Sir's help." Mirio said and noticed a slight frown on Izuku's face. "You and Sir don't like each other do you?" Mirio asked as the two walked down the sidewalk. Izuku bit his lip and shook his head.

"I wouldn't say that exactly. I know Nighteye is a very capable hero, but I don't think he and I see it the same way. I know it might be presumptuous of me to think so, but I know the kind of hero I want to be and I know I can be one of the greatest. It's not that I don't like Nighteye I want to make him see that." Izuku said looking at Mirio who was smiling as always.

"That's good. I think Sir feels the same way I'm glad you don't dislike each other." Mirio said placing a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "I'm glad to be working with you JForce." Mirio said as Izuku smiled.

"Same her Lemillion." Izuku said as they continued to walk.

Bakugou grit his teeth as he thought back to his match with Togata. He was thoroughly beaten he didn't stand a chance against him. After seeing that Katsuki couldn't help but wonder if Izuku had grown that much or more from working as a hero for these past two months. All he'd been doing is training, but Izuku had been facing strong villains and working alongside experienced heroes. He could feel a gap growing between the two of them, and wasn't sure how to catch up. Inside his room Bakugou looked at his phone seeing Izuku's phone number and a waiting text screen. Bakugou grit his teeth before turning off his phone and putting it back in his pocket. "It doesn't matter what you do Izuku I'm going to be the best. I'll find my own way." Bakugou said as he walked to his room.

Izuku walked into his room after patrolling most of the day with Mirio. This was going to be his last night here after tonight he'd be living at the Nighteye Agency for the foreseeable future. Izuku yawned as he took off his shoes and shirt. He headed to the bathroom before catching sight of his bed. It looked messier than he remembered. He knew he didn't make it this morning, but he was sure it didn't look that bad.

Izuku shrugged. "Whatever too tired to think about it." He said as he headed into the bathroom and turned the shower on.

After getting out of the shower Izuku fell face first into the bed ready for a long sleep when a scent caught his nose. "What is that?" He asked sniffing his pillow and definitely picking up a familiar scent and as he looked at the pillow he noticed a blonde strand on his pillow.

"What the?" He asked asking himself wondering if one of the maids had been in his room, but if that was so then why not make the bed? That was when a sudden chill ran through him. The blonde hair coupled with the scent he now knew where he'd smelled it before. "Himiko Toga." He said as he heard something crinkle under his pillow. He pulled out a photo of a naked Toga lying in this very bed.

Izuku leapt from the bed as he stared at the picture and what was written on the back. "I feel so much closer to you now Izuku." Izuku looked around the room before hurriedly gathering his clothes and belongings. This place was no longer safe. He'd check out and call the police just in case Toga might still be around.