Faker Than Fake

Faker Than Fake: 1

Izuku leaned against the cold brick wall as he was trying to catch his breath as he felt that pitter patter of rain keep hitting his body... It was a heavy storm. He was scared... He felt his heart beating against his rib cage without mercy. "Am I really going to be killed?" He asked himself as he looked around.

He was being followed by none other than Tomura Shigaraki. Which was something that scared him. Yeah he had One For All... But still going up against someone like Shigaraki alone scared him. He had no clue on what he should do with himself or how to get out of this kind of situation.

"Come on think" He whispered to himself as he looked around the pitch black alleyway... Nothing. He was doomed to die... He tensed up heavily as he heard footsteps behind him... They came to a stop. "Look who is trapped. Little hero wanna be".

 Izuku held his breath as he slowly turned around as the sound of thunder crashed through the night with the flash of lightning brightness up the sky which made Izuku lock eyes with deadly crimson ones. "What do you want with me?" Izuku asked as his body trembled in fear, his heart raced as if it was going to bust at any given moment, his brain screaming for him to run as his knees went weak.

"Oh nothing much... Just this" He heard Shigaraki's voice soon after a snap was heard and that's when he felt a rag cover his mouth and arms grabbed around his body so he won't be able to fight back if he even wanted to. "Mmm!?" Izuku panicked which made him breath in whatever was in the rag.

This made his knees give out but thankful whoever had grabbed him kept him from falling on the ground. His body started to relax more as he got weaker... All he could hear was a messed up laugh before he loses all control of his body.

"Is he alive?". "He should be". "He is kinda cute!". "Toga keep it in your pants". "Hey!?". "What?". "Will you two shut the fuck up!?".

Izuku slowly opened his eyes as he held his head. His head felt heavy as it almost felt like the world around him was spinning. What is going on? Izuku thought to himself as he looked around to see a blonde girl standing over him. "Uh... Hi?" He whispered as his whole body tensed up.

"Hi! Deku!! Remember me!? Toga! Himiko Toga!" She giggled as she jumped up and down. "God chill out!" Dabi yells as he was smoking a cigarette "You're just pissy because of your headache! Did you not take your meds again!?" Toga yelled.

"No..." Dabi sighs as he leans more into the sofa. This made Izuku slowly sit up. He looked around seeing a few villains drinking, some playing cards, someone was on a laptop, and some others were just relaxing. He could hear jazz music playing in the background.

It was almost like a gang hang out. "Dang it Dabi!! I will get them" Toga whines as she leaves. Izuku slowly looks back over to Dabi who was smoking away his pain as he had his eyes closed. "Sorry about those two" Izuku heard which made his eyes locked to whoever said it and it was none other than Shigaraki.

"Uh... It's ok? Why am I not in a cell? Or being...?" "Tortured?" Shigaraki finished his sentence as he drank his glass of vodka. "Yeah, why?" Izuku asked as he stared up at the mad man "Because I know you're not some high egoed brat... You could actually listen to what we have to say" He told Izuku.

"Listen?" He asked which made Shigaraki slowly shake his head "Most heroes will break us down and lock us behind bars before hearing our stories, we were the real ones that needed help but never got it... Sadly enough and to the looks of you... You haven't been saved" He told Izuku.

His words cut Izuku deep. It almost was like an eye opener for him "Ok... I'm listening... What do you have to say?". Shigaraki smirked a bit "Now that's more like it, mister hero".

Shigaraki hands Izuku his glass of vodka as he sits down "Now... Everyone here has their own story..." He started off as Izuku took a sip of the alcohol and gagged a bit as he stuck his tongue out.

"We come from all kinds of back stories like... Murdering... Being outcasted... Abusive families, losing everything... being justified wrong, quirks being too dangerous when we didn't choose that... And yet no heroes would help us... So we became our own heroes" Shigaraki breathed in and out before talking again as Izuku listened.

"In a way we all became family, yes we are fucked and broken but we still look out for each other... We want to take down heroes because the justice system is fucked, and you can be our inside man" Shigaraki told him as he took his drink back.

Izuku shook his head "What?! That's crazy and betraying everything I have been trained on... But why even me of all people!?". Shigaraki laughed a bit "Because you are nothing but an empty shell, it is as clear as day for people like us to see, I am just giving you a path you can take to find what you need and it helps me out in the end".

"An... Empty shell?" Izuku whispered to himself as he looked down at his hands before looking around at everyone that was in the room... He saw Toga handing Dabi medicine and water and he thanked her. He saw the people playing cards laugh and have a good time and so much more. Was he really empty? 

 He looked back at Shigaraki "My mother told me to just fake it until I made it anytime I had a problem..." He told the mad man without a second thought in mind which made Shigaraki stand up and chuckle "Faker than fake, huh?".