Trouble (SeroDeku)

Chapter 27

"I'm sorry, you want me to do what?" Izuku asked in utter bafflement. There was zero chance he'd heard Chisaki correctly. 

The other villain raised his brows. Izuku got the feeling that if Shigaraki had been present, the two would have exchanged a knowing look, but the blue-haired psychopath was absent from their little meeting. "I said we want you to infiltrate the heroes-"

"Gonna have to stop you right there," Izuku said, waving a hand in front of his face as he used the other to pinch the bridge of his nose. "Do you know who I am? There'll be guns drawn the second I step foot in a hero agency." 

"You've stayed completely off the radar for years, no one has any idea what you look like," Chisaki said with a shrug. "I'm aware of your prison break seven years ago, but you've... changed since then. Surely, no one will recognize you." 

"I look exactly the same!" Izuku said, throwing his hands in the air. He knew the two villains he was working with were idiots, but this was just a new low. 

"Then find a shapeshifting quirk. Doesn't your lap dog have a particularly strong one? Can't you just use that?" 

Idiots, utter morons, complete nitwits, useless, stupid, jackasses. Most of Izuku's stream of consciousness was now reserved for trying to recall every synonym for idiot he'd ever learned. 

"I'm not doing this, but why do you want me to in the first place?" Trying to infiltrate a hero agency was a suicide mission (for anyone who wasn't him, but that was beside the point). There had to be a damn good reason Chisaki and Shigaraki were even considering it. 

"The heroes are getting too close," Chisaki explained, leaning back against the couch he was lounging on. "We thought having a guard dog would keep them off our backs, but they're getting sneaky. We need someone on the inside who can relay information to us." 

"Find a lacky without a record," Izuku said with a wave of his hand, uninterested in the undercover job. 

"We have one shot at this. The second the heroes figure out we planted a mole, their defenses will snap up, and it'll be impossible to get anyone else in. I need someone who won't get caught," Chisaki said with a lazy shrug. 

Izuku didn't miss the 'I' at the end of his speech. He always knew Chisaki would tire of Shigaraki eventually, and this was just the first slip on the steady downhill slide he knew was coming. If he stuck it out a few more weeks, the two villains would tear each other apart for him. 

Fuck, Izuku thought to himself as he came to two conclusions. He could walk out now and give the two of them a common enemy to unite against once again, or he could do what they asked and watch as they rip into each other over the smallest disagreements. Powerful people with powerful personalities could only play nice for so long. 

"A pro hero?" Izuku asked out loud without meaning to. "I just- A hero? Really? That's what you need from me?" 

Chisaki nodded his head once, his eyes giving away his annoyance. "Precisely. We have ways to get you a license and hired, all you need to do is show up and not kill anyone." 

Izuku groaned unreasonably loud as he dropped his head into his hands. "Don't bother; I have a few favors I can cash in. God, you owe me, Chisaki." 

"The favor will be repaid in spades once we have our supply chains set up." 

My payment is your head, Izuku thought as he turned for the door. The meeting was over and he had plenty of work to do. "I'll keep you updated." 

"Good luck, Midoriya." 

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"Delightful!" Nezu exclaimed, clapping his paws together a few times.