Powerless - A My Hero Academia/ DC Crossover

Chapter 31: The Truth

The Hero Killer Stain lay in a hospital bed. He didn't know how long he had been there, as he had been drifting in and out of consciousness as the hospital staff worked on him. Now he was fully awake, handcuffed and surrounded by police. But today, he had another visitor: The Dark Knight himself. For the past few hours, he had been interrogating the Hero Killer on his connections to both the League of Villains, trying to gather intel on their operations.

"You're wasting your time, Dark Knight," said Stain. "I have nothing to say to you."

Batman pulled up a holographic image on his gauntlet computer. It was an image of Stain standing on a rooftop with Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri. "You were seen with two known members of the League of Villains," Said Batman. "Their highest ranking members. You are connected with the League, assassin, that much is known. Now tell me what I want to know."

"I don't have anything to tell you," Said Stain, sneering. "Shigaraki is a fool who lacks conviction. I would have killed him tonight myself if I hadn't been stopped by your whelp and his friends."

"You got off easy," said Batman.

"Perhaps," said Stain. "You trained your boy well, Dark Knight. He is worthy, even at such a young age. Perhaps one day he will fulfill the destiny you have rejected and succeed the Master as Head of the Demon."

"Ra's won't come near him," snarled Batman. "And neither will you."

"It's not me you should be concerned about, Batman," Said Stain.

"What are you talking about?"

"Shigaraki has it out for your boy," Said Stain. "He wants him dead, almost as much as he does All Might. And when it comes to Shigaraki, the only true convictions he has are in death and destruction. You better hope that your training is enough, Dark Knight. Your ward is marked for death." At these words, Batman said nothing, simply turning on his heel and walking out the room into the hospital hallway, where the thinly All Might was waiting for him.

"Young Midoriya. . ." said All Might, concerned. "This is bad."

"It can't be helped," Said Batman. "He's involved now, whether we like it or not."

"What do we do?" Said All Might.

"We have to tell him the truth," Said Batman. "Your Quirk. The League. All For One. All of it."

Izuku had never been so hounded in all his life.

Ever since it became public that he took down the Hero killer, everyone wanted a piece of him. Reporters had flocked outside of the hospital he was recovering in in hopes to get the inside scoop. They were turned away by the police and hospital security, but they were persistent nonetheless. One daring reporter even dressed up as hospital staff in an attempt to get an interview with Izuku. Thankfully she was recognized and escorted out by security before she reached him.

Izuku had spent a few hours going through the texts that he had received. Most of them were from his classmates, all wanting details on the situation. Uraraka had been the first one to call him, and after enduring a long scolding from her about taking on dangerous villains, Izuku explained his cover story to her and then to the rest of his classmates, which had been prepared for him by the Hosu Chief of Police: he was separated from Nightwing during the Nomu attack, and had stumbled upon the Hero Killer by accident, who had attacked him after mistaking him for a hero. He had managed to subdue Stain long enough for the Pro Heroes to show up and take him away. Luckily, there weren't many witnesses, and the Pros that were there corroborated the story, as they felt he deserved the credit just as much as Todoroki and Iida felt he did. They accepted his story, and they all pressed him for more details, but he retained his silence, sticking only to the cover story. He had a feeling, however, that he wouldn't hear the last of it when he returned to school.