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Assassins
It started as a rumor going around in class but after a while they realised it might be real.
Especially when the teachers themselves froze at the topic.
It wouldn’t be long before they would make their own theories and maybe even meet one themselves.
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It was a gruelling long fight. Atleast, it felt long.
Iida was on the ground, legs close to broken. He was bleeding a lot but hadn't back down from the fight.
Izuku was injured, not as bad as Iida but was still bleeding and trying to protect him.
Shoto had just come and was trying his best to dodge Stain's attacks while also using his quirk to stop Stain.
"Come at me heroes, show me what a real hero can do!"
Izuku was going to run at him but before he could-
-BANG!-
It was a gunshot, they all froze in place as blood splashed everywhere and before they could process everything.
"Go!" A voice, steady and clear, "Mist, take the body."
body? STAIN
"Hey! Wha- what are you doing with him!" Izuku's voice trembling from witnessing murder, still frozen in place. Mist, he assumed was holding the body in her arms, carrying Stain while he was bleeding out.
"Kid, those injures are going to get infected if you don't treat them. I'd suggest you do if you still want to be a hero." A female with dirty blonde hair spoke, voice too smug for someone who just committed murder.
"We don't have time to talk to heroes in trainings, In. Let's go." A black haired girl, shorter than Izuku spoke, looking at the dirty blonde.
"Whatever. Get me ice-cream after this, I've been dying to try the new flavour." The female responded, rolling her eyes.
The so called In and the other person walked away, bickering like nothing happened, like they didn’t just kill Stain.
"Hey wait!" Izuku shouted, grunting in pain. They didn't stop.
It took a few moments of taking everything in before they heard police cars.
Izuku never knew how valuable that interaction was, Shoto and Iida didn't either. Being able to talk to a so called "villain". It wouldn't be his last time seeing one.
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[HOSPITAL]
Izuku was laying in the bed, still trying to make out who those people were. Villains? But why would villains kill the hero killer? It doesn't make sense. He's never seen such a young villain either, the black haired one looked younger than him.
All Might came in, unnoticed by Izuku as he was deep in his thoughts. It took a few minutes until he realised All Might had come in.
"All Might..." Izuku said, lowering his voice.
"I don't know if this is confidential but I want to know," Izuku didn't know how to phrase this without seeming too invasive. But he wanted to know, no, he needed to know.
"Who were those girls?"
All Might sighed, he knew the time was coming when he needed to tell him.
"It's time for you to know," he murmured,
"Those were Assassins. They kill people they're paid to." He continued.
"They're real?!" Izuku immediately straightened, voice a bit too loud. He quickly covered it with his hands.
"Yes, they are. Though Assassins haven't made an appearance for these few years, it looks like they're back." He answered.
Truthfully, All Might has never seen an Assassin himself. He's only heard of them from his sensei, Nana.
They disappeared a few years back with the last recorded group named Raven. ( Info is obv from HSPC )
From what Nana-sensei said, Assassins only kill people that are on the hit list or from self defence. There has never been an underage Assassin seen before. Even if there was one that appeared before, because of how fast they were, you wouldn't even know.
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"Delicious ice cream!" The female with dirty blonde hair said.
"Needy" The black haired person mumbled.
"Atleast that is over, the kids there should be in the hospital by now." Another female with wings said.
"Mhm! How do you think of our future classmates?" The dirty blonde hair female turned to the black haired girl.
"Well, they're very non-aspiring heroes. What do you think, In?" In let out an exaggerated gasp to get the attention of both her colleagues, that didn't work.
"How could you say that about them! I think they don't have enough trauma." The black haired girl sighed at the response.
"You know, I wonder how you were even able to get into school." The female with wings wheezed after saying that.
"Mist!! How could you!" In dramatically put her hand on her forehead. “All have you know, I’m perfectly capable of being in school!”
"Well it doesn't matter, we'll be seeing them soon. Anyways, do you remember the plan?"
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A week passed, they got out of the hospital.
"Wahh! I'm so glad you guys are back. What happened?" A woman with all pink asked.
"We're fine Mina. For what happened..." Izuku trailed off, not knowing how to answer without saying too much. He looked at Todoroki and Iida, who knew as much as he did.
"So? What happened?"
"We met Assassins." Todoroki replied.
"WHAT!??"
"HOW?"
"THEY'RE REAL?"
sigh.. This was going to be a long day of questioning.
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[ A Few Months Later ]
It was another day at school.
It was Saturday and they were planning on going out.
They were chatting in the dorms, throwing ideas left and right on where to go. Topics disappearing and reappearing, until Izuku had a question. It wasn't anything new, Izuku was always curious so he had lots of questions, but this one in particular made the class stop talking entirely.
"Guys?" Izuku asked, loud enough for everyone to hear and to get their attention.
"Yes Deku-kun?" A brown haired female asked back.
"Do you guys remember the Assassins?"
1 tick
2 tick
silence.
Nobody answered.
The tension was cut when their class teacher came into the room. Everyone turned their heads towards him.
There were two people next to him, one with black hair and one dirty blonde. They felt familiar, but Izuku couldn't put his finger on it.
“These two here,” The raven-haired man said as he pointed to the two beside him, “will be your new classmates.”
The class burst into chaos.