My Hero Academia: A Hero's Will

Chapter 24

I was very tense for the next few days. I knew that I had killed dozens of people the night Stain was apprehended and the feeling of guilt, the feeling of being weak never went away.

I was weak as I couldn't control my powers. I was weak as I couldn't control my emotions. I vowed to never let my emotions get the better of me. Heroes were not the law enforcement. Heroes weren't supposed to kill. The whole incident with Stain overshadowed the murders of those gang members and it was just considered to be an massacre between two gangs.

Stain, there was a presence around him that scared all the heroes who were present that night. The overwhelming pressure of his fierce ideals, the sense of duty... like All Might. Stain was charismatic. But what made the situation worse was that a video of him facing us was released, a video of him standing up to the heroes, it spread like wildfire. On the internet, on news and on magazines, his words reached out to the world.

The media was already making the connection between Stain and the League of Villains. The league soon began attracting villains to it. From a gang that attacked U.A., it was becoming an organization with something to say.

From the looks of it, Shigaraki wasn't of sound mind. Thus, there was someone else pulling the strings, someone whom Shigaraki answered to. With the League becoming popular, it acted like a magnet and attracted thugs from all over the country.

If that was their plan from the beginning, something far more sinister was rising from the shadows. I was hit with a sudden sense of urgency to gain total control over my quirk, to master it. Soon, I forgot about the killings, but I remembered the lesson I learnt.

Fortunately, Gran Torino's teaching license was not revoked and he continued to help me with 'One for All' and its inclusive use with 'Willpower'. Along with that, I also learnt to project 'Will of Armament' into objects that were in direct contact with my body. So, I picked up weapon training alongside training with my quirk. Since I couldn't use lethal force against villains, I began training in using a variety of blunt weapons. Although the time I had was too less to get any form of mastery in them.

As my time training with Gran Torino came to an end, I departed from his house and went back to U.A., Musutafu.

But before I could leave, he made sure to reprimand me for going after Stain all on my own.

"... That's all I have to say. Now get out of here!"

As I was leaving, he called, "Kid!"

I turned around as he continued, "Who are you again?!"

The fuck?!

"I don't think I need to tell you what my name is!"

"That's not what I asked."

Oh... Oh!!

"It's 'Armoured Hero: Emerald Knight'!"

"Too long!!"

Uh...

"I think just 'EM Knight' is also fine..."

(BNHA)

Classes resumed two days after I returned from my internship. Everyone was excited to share their experiences.

Strangely enough, Itsuka had chosen Uwabami for her internship, along with Yaoyorozu. Well, I enjoyed teasing her about it and asked for some pictures of her modelling and posing in front of the camera. Suffice to say she was both angry and embarrassed. Ken-chan was so easy to rile up, even during our childhood. Although she was all fierce when kids made fun of her and called her too boyish. Beating them black and blue used to be her favourite pass time.