01-18 3:37pm

'A small villain group is on the run! Their are 2 casualties at _____ street, the villains are still nearby! Call hero's immediately!!'

'ALREADY ON IT!!'

'W-what?!? WHO IS THIS???'

'Interns of the Endeavour Hero Agency! Heroes Shoto, Deku, and Ground Zero are on the scene!!'

'OI DEKU SHUT IT !! OR I'LL LEAVE YOU BEHIND DAMN NERD.'

'He does have a point Midoriya, hurry up a bit.'

'R-RIGHT!'

'...'

                  ✰ Deku's POV ✰

As we race through the streets at record speed, I look to my right, where, through the blue tainted glass windows of a small cafe, I could see the silhouette of a tall and rather skinny young man dressed in a tightly fitted tuxedo with a gun pointed straight at the cashier's head. "KACHAN, TODOROKI, YOU GO AHEAD AND I'LL CATCH UP IN A MINUTE!!" Without waiting for their response, I swiftly change directions and appear behind the man just before he could pull the trigger.

Slowly, having sensed my presence he raised both hands, a small smile spreading across his sickeningly pale face and a light chuckle echoed throughout the silence.
I stood my ground, bracing myself for an attack that could come any moment while my eyes remained fixated on his backside until...BANG!!

The sudden burst of sound had forced me to blink out of reflex. He's gone..he must've been trying to make me lose sight of him, but it was only for a split second.. there's no way any normal person could escape in that kind of time frame... it must be his quirk then.

I glanced back at the cashier, and in knowing that she was safe, I dash out the back door of the building and into a narrow alleyway littered with bulky garbage bags that filled my nose with the foul smell of rotten eggs and other atrocities as I ran past. I only took my eyes off of him for a split second, and yet he still managed to escape right after shooting that gun at- wait... there wasn't any damage back in the cafe, so was it a blank? No.. his weapon was definitely connected to his quirk somehow, or maybe what I saw wasn't actually a real gun...?

Finally, I saw his crooked silhouette emerge from the shadows ahead, and slowly creep towards me. Confused, I take a fighting stance and watch him carefully pull the gun from his side pocket while he began to walk faster, and faster, until he broke into a menacing sprint and an almost inhuman screech of laughter, his gun... to his own heart.

BANG

In that instant, my world was turned upside down. There was an aching pain in my chest, and everything around me looked as though it was spinning around at 100 miles per hour. My ears started to ache too, and I began to hear voices, familiar voices. Saying familiar things. Things I've heard before..

"DEFENCELESS IZUKU~"

"I'm sorry Izuku, I wish things were different..."

"DON'T EVEN THINK OF APPLYING!"

"YOU'D DIE IN THE EXAM!!"

"Sorry kid, it's not gonna happen."

"YOU'LL NEVER BE A HERO WITHOUT A QUIRK!!"

"Hey, if you really wanna be a hero that badly there might actually be another way.."

"JUST PREY THAT YOU'LL BE BORN WITH A QUIRK IN YOUR NEXT LIFE, AND TAKE A SWAN DIVE OFF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING!!!"

CRRRRUNNCH