The Line Between Light And Dark

Ch 16. Bias

Izuku stared at the piece of paper he had been handed, while he had gotten support from civilians during his speech to Todoroki. It was clear that it had had an impact on his support from the Pro Heroes, normally the first place winners got the most offers and yet he had gotten on page worth of offers.

"This is bullshit, Deku, this can't be allowed!" Katsuki snarled glaring at the paper in Izuku's hand like it had given a personal offence." Did you bring it up with Aizawa-sensei?"

He just gave a broken chuckle, pain shifting uncomfortably in his chest as he realized just the kind of mountain he was trying to climb. Just how hard he was going to have to fight for an ounce of respect and trust from the community of Pro Heroes, it was just overwhelming and he couldn't help but take a shaky breath.

~ I did, but it's not like Aizawa-sensei can change the minds of the entire Pro Hero community all on his own. ~ Izuku signed with a sight of defeat, looking over the few offers he did manage to get.

Most of them were larger agencies which could afford a bit of bad publicity, but one smaller agency caught his eye. It was an offer from a Underground agency, from a Hero named Shifting Sands and it appeared that his ability to take Quirk's was an interest to them due to their own ability.

He looked over the summery, their Quirk was one of four known erasing Quirk in Japan and it allowed the person to erase a persons Quirk semi-permanently with a touch and reactivate it with another touch.

"Uh, nerd?" Katsuki questioned and Izuku snapped his end up with wide eyes." You got lost in thought again, didn't you?"

~ Heh, maybe a little. ~ Izuku admitted, before sighing and gesturing to the agency he was looking over.~ There is this Underground agency that has an interesting offer, considering the similarities between a single aspect of my Quirk and their own own Quirk. ~

Katsuki's eyes widened as they looked over his shoulder with a huff, reading over the summery of the offer.

"Your planning to go Underground?" Katsuki questioned curiously." Why the fuck would you do that, especially since your so powerful?"

Izuku bit his lip anxiously, to be honest he thrived and worked best Underground, but it was a constant reminder of his life merely eight years ago. The things that Underground heroes saw and did shaped their personality just as much as any Villain's lifestyle did and he had to admit the idea that becoming an Underground Hero would cause him to relapse into old behaviour was a scary thought.

~ I don't know to be honest, I'm scared of who I would become if I went down that route and yet I really don't think Spotlight or Rescue are my styles either. ~ Izuku admitted with a sigh and Katsuki frowned for a moment, before suggesting something.

"Why not just do both, I mean think about it...somewhere out there has to be a Quirk that would let you change appearances and make it easier to have two Hero identities." Katsuki suggested and Izuku blinked ins surprise, it wasn't the worst plan that was for sure.

He leaned back slightly, before letting his thoughts drift and he just sighed. Perhaps he should ask Yagi what he should do, but if they didn't know, then he supposed Katsuki's  suggestion wouldn't hurt.

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~ I'm sorry, but who asked to intern me? ~ Izuku questioned looking extremely confused, but Yagi just chuckled in amusement.

"Sir Nighteye, but as you are aware you can also intern with G-Gran Torino as well, it's honestly up to you." Yagi stated and Izuku noted the way the mans entire body shuddered when thinking about the second option, suddenly Nighteye was so much more appealing then Gran Torino.