The "Broker" Tradition

Knives, Villains, and Heroes

Izuku's P.O.V.

"I heard that there's a villain that's trying to take over a kid!" Wait. Does that mean the villain escaped? No...I caused it...most likely. When I grabbed onto 'All Might', I must have made the bottles fall out.

I guess I should check out the scene anyway. I passed several stores, and I stole several daggers, knives, and other small hand-held weapons. Nobody noticed in all the panic. No cameras would have caught me, since there were none in shops. But there were many outside, so I had to stay out of view. While I was walking to the scene, I tied thin, but strong thread to the handles of all the knives I had in my bag.

When I arrived I was to find the same sludge guy who tried to take over my body earlier. I walked on by, but noticed a familiar blond fluff of spiky hair in the sludge. That couldn't be... My eyes widened.

His face got exposed and he opened his eyes. It was a deep shade of blood ruby.

"No..."I froze. I straightened up, and he was looking at me, exactly.

"No...!" I couldn't believe my eyes. He was looking at me. Not any other people. Not a 'Hero'. Me. Was he depending on me at the time?

"NO!" I started running towards him.

"Hey, kid! It's dangerous!!" A 'Pro Hero' called after me. I put my bag on my side, and pulled out nine knives, putting one in my mouth. I ran towards the Sludge Villain, rage in the red glow that followed the journey of my eyes.

"You're that brat from earlier! I wonder how long you can last against how I am now!" The Villain exclaimed.

"Over-confident bastard." I mumbled. He clearly heard it.

"You'll regret calling me that!!" He yelled.

"Regret what?"

I jumped into the air, and threw three of the knives. Aiming them all at his eyes. One hit his right eye, the other two hitting the ground. He screeched in pain. I pulled the threads back, and the knives returned to my hands. I charged back at him, because I jumped right over him. His grip on Kacchan was loose, and he got his whole upper body out of the Villain's hold. The 'Pro Heroes' rushed forward to grab him, instead he turned towards me and yelled.

"Why are you helping me, you little fuck!?" I grinned as I gave Mr. Sludge another deep stab to the eye.

"You looked like you needed it, Kacchan!" I called to him. The 'Heroes' got him out of the Sludge's grasp. Now all I need to do is defeat this guy.

"This guys weak spot is his eyes! Aim for them!!" The crowd of people were cheering for me, for I was now a 'Rookie Hero' to them, since I was doing a 'Heroes' work. We all charged to the Villain, now more confident that we know his weakness.

"Don't think you can defeat me because you know my weakness!!" He yelled as he struck towards me. "You seem to have a weird Quirk. I wonder what it's like to have!" I tried to stop, but kept sliding forward. There was horror in all of the 'Heroes' faces. They started running towards me, everything was in slow motion.

...

No!!

...

I grinned.

Slash!

My bag was in tatters. The Sludge Villain was cut in half, and his eyes bleeding horribly. Everyone was quiet in shock. I pretended like I was in danger, to lure him in. In truth, I was holding all of the knives' strings. The Villain became a person with a big fluffy afro. His clothes were all torn and he was bleeding all over.

"Grr....I won't go down so easily! Once I get my strength back, I'm going to take you, your Quirk, and make your life a living hell! Or maybe you'll be spared if you just tell me what it is." I laughed at him. I grabbed his hair and pulled him up to my face.

"My life is already a living hell. You wanna know why? I don't have a Quirk. I'm Quirkless." Everyone gasped and muttered in uncertainty. I cut the guys afro, and the remainders of his hair fell down. He started becoming sludge again.

"You Damn-!!" 'All Might' appeared. He struck at the Villain, knocking him unconscious. The Police came to gather all of the Villain's sludge. He became overcome with fans and nobody noticed that I left the scene.

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That 'All Might' guy.

He's Over-confident.

He's strong.

He can protect the people he wants to.

But I'm Quirkless, so how can I protect the people I love?

Damn it!

If only there were something in the family I never knew about, that could help me get strong.

So I could protect the people I love.