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“Heh.. y’know Deku if you wanna be a hero that badly, there might be another way.. Just pray you’re born with a quirk in your next life.. And take a swan dive off the roof of the building!” Kacchan had said

 But.. he didn’t actually mean it.. Right..? No.. of course not.. But.. I can’t get it out of my mind.. Well.. If he really did want me dead he would’ve killed me already.. True..? 

..but what if i did listen to him..? What would he have done if the slime villain-? Monster? The slime villain-monster thingy, actually did kill me? Would he have cared? 

All might may have saved me from death there.. But I really don’t think he cared.. I mean.. He did just leave a 14 year old on a rooftop after crushing their dreams.. Is.. Is hero society really that corrupt? Or maybe it's just All might.. Even though he is the hero they look up to.. But now that I think about it.. 

I’ve only seen heroes on TV.. where everything is biased on their side… which would mean the hero commission lies aswell.. Do I really wanna live in a society this fucked up?

I look over the edge, the breeze blowing my hair to the side, I see the world differently now, there really isn’t any value to this thing we call “life” is there? Its simply ‘Wake up, eat, work, sleep’ on repeat.. Which seems good at first glance.. But it’s like replaying you favorite song over, and over, and over, or eating your favorite food again, and again, and again, and again.. 

Sweet at first until it becomes dull..

I lean closer to the edge, would anyone even try to find my body? And moms already dead.. Maybe I can meet with her if there's an afterlife..

I twist my feet, turning around with my back facing the open space, leaning back until I feel the air bristle in my hair, until I feel gravity pulling me to the ground, my eyes closed

Memories flow through my head, it feels so slow even though I know its probably faster than All Might when he uses his quirk

“Izuku! Sweetie! Dinners ready!” I hear from the kitchen, I get up and walk into the kitchen, eating the food off my plate, sitting across from my mom

“..So.. did you have a good day at school?” mom said, trying to break the silence

“Uh.. yea.. It wasn’t too bad.. Actually I got to see a hero fight up close! It was awesome!” I say trying to act happy, although I knew all emotion had been fading from my body for a while now

“That's cool!” mom says, not noticing anything off about my mood… was my acting really that good? Or was she just dense? “Anyway.. I'm done eating.. I'm going to go to the pharmacy to get some medicine.. Would you like anything honey?”

“Uh.. no.. no I'm good, arigatou! Love you!” I say’ kind of happy to get the house to myself, though I'm going to regret that later.. Or it at least feels like it.. I'm likely being paranoid…

“Okay! Love you! See you in a little bit, sweetie!” my mom waves goodbye as she leaves out of the front door, I get up and put my plate away, going to sit on the couch, I turn on the TV and the News opens, I get invested in what they’re talking about, a half an hour later my eyes widen 

“Today a woman named Inko Midoriya was brutally murdered while leaving the local pharmacy, her murderer is currently on the loose, we don't have any evidence on who they are either” - 'brutally murdered'? just how brutal? how much pain and suffering did she have to go through before the end?- “anyway were going to move to our next topic” I look at the TV, shocked, but i don't feel anything.. Not sadness, remorse, guilt, happiness, nothing, but I should feel that way.. Right? So why don't i? Why didn't I feel any human emotions? Am I simply not human?

SPLAT!

My legs hit the ground first, it was painful, very, very, painful, but only for a second before a pass out, my body laying almost lifeless on the ground from every angle my body looks like its twisted unnaturally even if it wasn’t, blood was leaking out everywhere almost as if I was in a childs pool filled with blood, looking paler by the second, by green hair partly staining red, almost like Christmas lights

My heartbeat gets slower and quieter

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“Midoriya~ Midoriya-kun~”

 I hear.. Is it a ghost or another being of the afterlife talking to me? 

“Midoriyaaaaaa~”           

wait.. That's… That sound in the background.. Wait.. wait.. Wait.. wait.. “I'm alive?” I sit up, instantly in pain but ignoring it. I did not care for pain.

“Yes you are.. Also good morning Midoriya-kun”

“Wait.. Why am I alive? And.. Who are you?” He looks like some sort of doctor? Except he looks really old and looks like he has a receding hairline.

“Well I saved you of course~ I mean, I am a doctor after all.. And I’m Mori Ougai.. It’s my pleasure to meet you” He smiles, it looks sincere but i can tell its fake

I sigh, annoyed, but at least I was right about the doctor part “Why couldn't you just leave me to die?” 

“Well what kind of doctor would I be to leave a boy out for dead Midoriya? Also it's because you may have some use for me.. Plus.. don’t you wanna be a hero?” He tilts his head

I roll my eyes at the ‘Use for me’ just who does he think he is? And I don't really wanna be a hero anymore, since heroes have been proven to make society more black and white than it already is, but I wanna know what he has to offer “Sorta, i suppose.. But I'm still quirkless.. So unless you can give me a quirk, which I doubt your quirk is giving and taking quirks because its obvious the blonde girl is your quirk, I don’t really have much of a shot”

Mori's smile widens “Well, what if I told you that's because you have an ability?”

It was creepy to see him smile, but what he said? Now THAT caught my attention… “An ability? Like the legend of quirks that are more advanced, rare, and have been around longer?”

“Mhm~ you have a nullification ability” He says

When he said that, I felt something twist in my stomach, is that why he has ‘use for me’? I push away those thoughts and speak up “How do you know?” 

“Well you know for sure you are without a quirk right?” he questions

I nod, “yea” I say my voice plain

“Well you nullified the slime villain earlier.. While you were being choked.. You just didn't know and assumed it was the hero, as he happened to arrive and throw a punch at the same time...” Mori says

How did he know about that? Is he some weird stalker? Nevermind that I silently roll my eyes as he tells me All Might both took credit for what I did and proceeded to let me believe I was quirkless… I lift my head up, faking an emotion that I didn’t feel “wait.. Seriously?!”

“Yep” he says, putting his hand to my hair and ruffling it, which felt good.. But why did All Might lie in the first place? What was his benefit? I know by now heroes and hero society do things to benefit them not anyone else, so it's a basic question with a hard answer his was the benefit? I hit his hand away “Either way, how did you know? You some creepy stalker or something?” I say

“No.. No, I'm no stalker.. I was simply a citizen on the guidelines having witnessed what happened..” He says chuckling softly

“And yet you stayed around long enough to watch me jump for a building?” I roll my eyes “yea you don’t sound like a creepy stalker at all..’

“I saw him leave you on the rooftop and didn’t want the villain to attack you again or something..”

I scoff “but you let me jump off without a second thought? I'm not stupid y’know”

“Well.. you might have a point.. But i was only curious if you were suicidal or were looking at the view..” he says, how stupid did this man think I was?

“You’re making me stupider with your yapping..” I say, sticking out my tongue :P

“That's truly hurtful Midoriya-kun” he says, feigning hurt, I roll my eyes, how did he know my name anyway?

He stays silent for a moment before speaking up “So would you like to go to the all excellent UA or not?”

“...sure..”

“Fine… but..” I already don’t like where this is going. “If you would like me to help you get into UA I would need your help first..” help with what? Well.. he’s a doctor, but he obviously isn’t much of a pure soul, he likely has access to some really high powered patients.. Meaning he might want that power.. So he wants to kill someone in high power and use a witness to gain said power..? maybe..?

“Wouldn’t a witness need to be killed?” I look at him

His eyes widened slightly “My, My, Midoriya-kun, smart aren’t you?”

“I've already stated I’m not stupid so that kinda leaves another answer.. And am I wrong..?”

He chuckled, “what about average people?”

“Average people either are stupid academically and only have common sense or are average academically but have no common sense.. No averagely smart person knows anything good to be a decently good detective or manipulator either..” he stays silent “Well? Am I wrong about your plans to murder someone and use me as a witness?” I tilt my head

He shook his head, laughing slightly “no.. no Midoriya you are right.. I do plan to assassinate someone and use you as a witness..”

I think for a moment “If you need a witness in the first place you likely need me to lie.. Which would mean it’s someone of high power, right?”

He hums before nodding “yes.. I plan to assassinate the boss of the Port Mafia actually..”

“So we’re in Yokohama?” I ask

He simply nods before turning around and walking to the door “I will be back in a bit so you can come be my witness..”

I nod as he shuts the door and leaves, when he leaves I see if there pills I can overdose on or something, of course he wouldn’t leave me in here with anything of the sorts

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That night Mori is treating the boss of the Port Mafia, I watch them blankly, detached from reality, cause I know.. I know what will happen..

Mori starts speaking “How are you, Boss?”

The boss begins to reply “Sensei…. Tell our leaders.. It's time to massacre.. Before twilight.. Take anyone who disobeys the Port Mafia, from rival groups to the military police.. And kill them all..”

“That.. is hardly rational” Mori responds

“I don't care how many people we lose.. Kill them.. Just kill them all” the boss speaks up, damn, this guy was seriously insane

Mori grabs his scalpel “very well..” he pauses as he puts the scalpel to the bosses throat “..boss..” he then kills the boss, dropping the scalpel on the ground, his face and the wall etched in blood. I just stand there, scared detached from everything, but hyper aware of what's going on…

“..the boss has died.. A pitiful death due to illness.. And in his will, he named me the next boss.. You are the witness to that fact..” Mori says, turning to me with an insane stare, “right, Dazai?” I don't do anything, standing still even though in the same day, I was debunked of my dreams, I attempted to die, I had to watch a murder, and now my name was changed. In one day, my life has changed drastically… One. Simple. Day.

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A few weeks later he started training me