Mortal Kombat: The Viridian Hood

0. The Vigilante

{Story Start}

20. Izuku Midoriya

"Midoriya, pack your bags, You're leaving"

A tense silence filled the air. Everyone knew of their teacher's threat, but none thought it was true. All eyes focused on the only Quirkless student, who's hair covered his eyes.

Something wasn't adding up to him. Izuku had kept track of each score a student had and knew when added up, he had scored enough to be placed as third to last, ahead of both Tooru Hagakure and Minoru Mineta, so why was he in last place? Why was he being expelled? It was then he remembered one thing he had that every other student didn't. Or rather, what everyone else had that he didn't.

He was Quirkless, and the moment he never manifested a power of his own was the moment his life was decided by the rest of society, 'And here I thought U.A would be different. It's no better than Aldera. Same Quirkist teachers putting others ahead because of what they were born with. Well fuck him, I joined this school because I thought it was the best way to achieve my dream,' Izuku walked away, not looking up to meet anyone's gaze, 'But if this was what waited for me the next four years, I'll find another way.'

Izuku passed his former homeroom teacher, his glare darkening at the man.

'I don't care who stands in my way. With or without a Hero license, I will achieve my dream. And I don't care who stands in my way.'

And as Izuku walked from the gates of U.A, he knew his path was sealed.

{6 Years Later; Izuku's Apartment}

Izuku awoke with a groan, his mind still waking up from the memory of the past. The day he was expelled from U.A, the day a permanent black mark was on his record, and the day he became a vigilante. The ride from there was quite a wild one. Learning of the USJ attack, saving his former classmates from the League Of Villains, stopping the crippling of Ingenium & meeting the Hero Killer Stain, taking part in stopping the Nomu in Hosu and stopping Stain from killing Native, being kidnapped by the League alongside Bakugo after killing Muscular, learning of his origin and connection to All For One, stopping Wolfram on I-Island, and saving Eri from Kai Chisaki and breaking the Shie Hassaikai to only name a few events that Izuku could recall at the moment. The League Of Villains, or rather the Paranormal Liberation Front as they were called now, were still at large but on their final legs, and Izuku wasn't going to stop now.

As he collected his thoughts, loud music began playing from the phone next to him, 'Well, speak of the devil and he shall appear.' Izuku grabbed the phone and answered it, "Yeah?" "Viridian, it's Mustard. Shigaraki's finally stopped moving, and from what Toga and I could gather, he's experimenting with Kurogiri's Quirk for some last ditch plan." Izuku listened carefully before nodding, "With the Heroes on one side and me being a nuisance, he must be getting desperate. That means they'll be far more dangerous. Mustard, get Toga and yourself out of there as soon as possible. My dad will be waiting for you two at Himawari Orphanage. You guys have helped enough."

Mustard scoffed on the other end, "Yeah, and leave you to fight the Heroes, Shigaraki, Dabi, and all the Nomu they still have on standby? Yeah, that's not happening. I'm not leaving you to die, and you know Toga won't listen." Izuku sighed at his friend and informant's statement. Much as he hated it, both Himiko and Karashi were just as stubborn as he was, maybe even a bit more. He learned that the hard way when he first met the two, "If you've both got a deathwish then fine. I'll be there in a few. We'll take them down as quick as we can, then get out. The Heroes are gonna be hot on our trail." "Got it. Don't you dare die on us Izuku, we're all getting out of this alive."

Izuku kept silent, before hanging up and heading to his closet where he kept his Vigilante gear. His sleeveless black muscle shirt with the Viridian symbol, armored black & green leather hoodie, black pants with matching American combat boots, dark grey utility belt, and dark brown combat gloves.