Overhaul was a busy man. Between trying to save a dying organization and taking care of some bratty child, he had thoughts about an even grander scheme weighing on his mind. Only struggle was getting his Pops to agree with it. Overhaul set his paperwork to the side and massaged his throbbing temples. It felt like this room was closing in on him and he needed some air.

After grabbing a simple, black surgeon mask and his coat, he headed outside for a walk around town. He made sure to keep his distance from people so he took all the less busy streets. "Disgusting." He scoffed after seeing a group of middle school kids leaving campus and chasing after each other. A child flew over his head with their wings and blew dirt everywhere. Overhaul tried his best to keep his composure since he didn't want to draw attention to himself. "Pretty soon these children filled with disease and deformities will be no more." He mumbled to himself as he continued his walk around the campus walls.

Around the corner he saw a group of boys in a circle. Kicking, shoving and name calling. He shivered at the thought of being surrounded by smelly pre teens. When he got closer he noticed a boy was in the middle of the group. "C'mon give it back! This isn't funny!" The boy jumped reaching for something that was being held over his head. It looked like a notebook.

"What are you gonna do about it, nerd?" The taller blonde kid mocked as he held the boys belongings higher to where he couldn't reach it.

Overhaul watched the scene unfold. He wasn't going to step in or anything. This was just a form of entertainment to get his mind off of all the other responsibilities he was stressing about. He began to walk away when a teacher stepped in and broke the boys up.

"Deku's so pathetic."

"Can't believe that little scrub thinks he can be like All Might one day."

"Ha! That snot nosed bastard can keep dreaming. He doesn't even have a quirk."

No quirk? Overhaul turned around and watched the smaller boy pick up his bag from the ground, along with the rest of his now ruined belongings and begin to limp home. He shrugged uncaringly and mumbled, "It isn't the end of the world." Before taking a route that would lead him back to the Shie Hassaikai base.
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Once again the young yakuza found himself neck deep in a dilemma. His now step daughter, was complaining about this horn on her head that was causing her pain and he was also trying to figure out what the hell this child's quirk even was. He had an idea but he wasn't positive yet. And if it wasn't what he thought it was, then his plan that he was brewing up would be useless.

He folded his arms over the desk and rested his head, "This stress is going to be the death of me."

Overhaul began going on these walks more often. Always taking the same path that lead him to the same place. This school filled with students who's minds were infested with dreams of becoming heroes. This hero sickness was spreading like a plague and it made him feel sick to his stomach.

4:00pm. Time for that same kid to get bullied again. It became pretty sad at this point. Overhaul didn't understand why this freckled kid wouldn't just shut his mouth about the stupid hero stuff. It was never going to happen. He was quirkless. There was obviously nothing wrong with that, in Overhaul's mind. But to everybody else, this kid was an easy target.

The freckled boy was walking along, scribbling things in his notebook when his "best friends" appeared. Let the show begin.

The blonde boy, who seemed to be the leader of the group, snatched the notebook from the freckled kids hands.

"Is that his diary?" Another boy laughed.

"Even worse." The blonde flipped through the pages, "You seriously writing about heroes and their quirks?" He handed the book over so the rest of his friends could see.

"Ew, Bakugou. There's a whole page in here dedicated to you!" The 2 teens fell over laughing. "I think Deku has a crush on you!"

The boy known as Bakugou turned a shade of red. Now this was getting interesting. Overhaul started to regret not bringing a snack or something for the show. "You little stalker! What the hell are you doing writing about me, huh!?" He held the kid by his collar and screamed in his face.

"I- I just think you have a really cool quirk and I'm trying to learn more about how you use it."

Bakugou held his fist up as sparks began to pop out of his hand. "What use would that be? Even if you magically got a quirk, there's no way you'd be better than me."

"I can try..." Deku croaked. Overhaul shook his head disapprovingly. This kid was asking for a beat down at this point. "All Might never gives up so I shouldn't either."

"Shut up, kid." Overhaul continued to watch behind the wall. Thank goodness it was after school hours or else someone would think he was a complete weirdo by watching kids from behind the walls.

Bakugou didn't hesitate to shove Deku to the ground and then place his foot on the boys chest. "Give me that piece of garbage." He ordered his friend to hand the notebook over to him. Bakugou held the notebook between his hands and released a small explosion that left burns all over it. "If you really want a quirk, maybe you can have it in a past life so why don't you go take a swan dive off the roof of the building." He then tossed the notebook over his shoulder and it landed in a dirty pool of water where the coy swam.

What a dick. Was all that Overhaul could think. He remembered beating a kids ass when he was little for calling his Pops a villain. Although, he had issues with controlling his actions as well as anger from a young age and unfortunately he tended to take things a little too far. He didn't understand why this Deku kid wouldn't at least try to stand up for himself. It's not like he had anything to lose. The worst thing that could happen would be getting beaten up, not like he wasn't used to that.

Deku wiped his tears after the boys left. He then walked over to where his stuff was thrown and saw his dissolving notebook floating in the water. "My dreams have become fish food." He rolled up his sleeve and stuck his hand in the water. "That's just great." Deku flipped gently through the wet pages as he walked. "It's all smudged. I can barely read anything in here now." A small gasp escaped his lips when he ran into somebody. Did Kacchan and the rest of the guys come back? He slowly looked up and saw a man staring down at him. "I'm sorry sir. I didn't see you there."

"It's fine." Overhaul responded, "I saw what happened. Why don't you fight back?"

Deku looked surprised. How long was this guy watching? "Well Kacchan has an amazing quirk. So there's no way I could beat him. At least not now."

"Because you don't have a quirk?"

"How did you-"

"Listen, the way I see it he's the sick one here. Although, all of this talk about being a hero is pretty pathetic. Everyone is so focused on power and saving people and they let society dwindle into this parasite that's filled with disease." Deku had no idea what this guy was talking about. And to be quite honest, he was scared. Overhaul slowly walked passed the kid, "If you ask me, you're one of the lucky ones. Only problem is, you're letting everyone rot your mind with this hero sickness."

"Hero sickness...?"

Something told Overhaul that it wasn't time to leave just yet. He turned back around. "That book. What's in it?"

"It's basically a heroes analysis book. I study their ways of fighting and the different ways they use their quirks when they need to save people or fight villains." He felt himself getting excited but then the corners of his lips began to droop down. "But it's ruined now." Drops of water continued to fall from the edges of the book.

"The idea of heroes, villains and quirks is something that I find irritating." Overhaul took the book from the boys hands, "The world we're living in isn't normal. It's become more dangerous due to quirks." Deku's jaw dropped in awe when he saw the once ruined journal change back to its original state in a matter of seconds. In fact, it started to look better than before. Overhaul tossed it back to the boy who looked grateful. "That's why a world with no quirks is an ideal one."

"Wow! The edges aren't even all ripped anymore!" The last words that Overhaul spoke clearly flew over Deku's head. "Thank you so much!" He pulled a pen from his pocket. "You mind telling me about your quirk? Is it like a rewind one? Or a healing type of one. Wait if it was that then I suppose it couldn't be used on inorganic objects. But maybe it can! No quirk is the same you know. Even if it seems like it, there's always something different that separates it from other similar quirks." He rambled.

"Maybe another time." Overhaul didn't see the harm in putting the kids book back together. Not like he'd ever be a hero. Plus, this world would eventually beat it into his brain that this insolent dream was impossible. The least he could have is his little notebook.

"Thank you again!" Deku waved as he watched the man disappear around the corner.
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It's been a few weeks now since Overhaul saw the boy. He hadn't been going on his walks too often anymore but when he did, Deku was nowhere in sight. Neither were his bullies. All of that was the least of his worries though.

"Ummm, excuse me." A little voice entered the room. "I'm hungry." Overhaul didn't look up from his stacks of work and ignored the girls complaint for food. "Hello?" She called out shyly.

"Get Chrono to feed you. I'm busy." He answered harshly, still not looking in her direction.

"He said he can't cook and that there's no more food." She held her hands together, afraid that the man was going to get angry at her. "Grandpa said that I should ask you to take me out to eat." Overhaul let his heavy hand hit the desk, making the girl flinch from the loud thud. "I'm sorry."

Overhaul had all the respect in the world for his Pops so he wasn't going to disobey him. "Hurry up and get your shoes on, Eri. I don't have all day for this."

Pops had helped getting the little girl, known as Eri, dressed for her day out. She came back to Overhaul's room wearing a white dress and had a small yellow bag on her back that had a long strap that was dragging on the floor. "Oh finally, he got you one of those leashes." Overhaul said, as he picked up the strap, so that he wouldn't lose the child on their day out.

Eri looked around at all the people and had a wide smile on her face. She was never allowed out much considering nobody knowing what her quirk was. They didn't want to risk her activating it public and not knowing how to shut it off. The child had an outburst not too long ago where they had to lock her up in a protective cell while her quirk literally bursted from her horn and released all of its energy. The only solid information they could collect so far was that it was a stock piling quirk. But right now, her horn was a little bigger than a bump.

"Can we get McDonald's?"

"Do you know how much processed ingredients goes into their meat? It's not even real food." Eri tilted her head, not understanding what he was saying. If it wasn't real food how could they eat it? "Never mind. Let's go get McDonald's." He groaned, tugging on her backpack whenever she strayed too far without him.

After the long line and playground full of filthy children, Overhaul felt like he could finally breath once he got out of that circus of mayhem. He had Eri carry the left overs of her kids meal as he sipped on his lukewarm black coffee that tasted incredibly cheap. Obviously. He found himself lost in thought until Eri tugged at his sleeve. "What?" He asked, clearly annoyed. This was not how he wanted to spend his afternoon.

"Look." She pointed up at the roof of a school.

Overhaul squinted to get a better look. "Deku...?" His breathing stopped when he saw the child take a step off the building, it was like his falling was in slow motion and Overhaul couldn't move his feet until it was too late. "Deku!" A horrific splat invaded his and the little girls ear canals.

Overhaul covered the child's eyes so she wouldn't see the boys mangled body, but there was no point. They both saw the kids body hit the concrete and witnessed his life escape him. Overhaul ran over to the boy and saw that there was a note hanging out of his pocket. He lifted it up and watched the blood drip off from the corners. "There's no such thing as true heroes." He read the note in his head. "Shit." He mentally slapped himself. Was it his words that made him jump? Overhaul took off his white glove and placed it on the boys broken body. He felt each bone move back into place and watched the boys ripped flesh piece back together like a needle through cloth. "C'mon..." he begged, "Wake up!"

Eri found herself by her step fathers side. She was crying and asking if the boy was alive. She held on Overhaul's jacket begging him to save the boy. "Please help him!"

"I'm trying!" He took his hand off of Deku's still limp body. "He's gone."

"No." Her lip quivered, "Why did he do that?" She fell to her knees and touched the boys arm. Overhaul nearly grabbed her wrist to stop her from touching the corpse but there was no point now. "We need to help him."

"It's too late, Eri." Overhaul sighed, pulling out his phone to call the police anonymously. "He's dead."

She shook her head, tears rolling off her cheeks. That was when a few gold sparks started to fall from her horn and onto the boys body. "Please wake up..."

Overhaul jerked his head around when he heard a loud gasp and choking. He dropped his phone when he saw the boy suddenly sit up. "He's okay!" The girl shouted in excitement.

"Eri... what did you-"

Deku looked around confused, "How am I alive?"

"I don't know." Overhaul was in pure disbelief as well. Deku looked around and saw blood stains around him. The scene made him so light headed that he passed out where his dead body once rested.

"What are you going to do?" The girl asked her step father, clearly worried about this boy.

For once, the young yakuza didn't have a clue. Sure he was going to save the kids life but that didn't mean he wanted to continue to be in his life. Then he got to thinking. "That note?" He said to himself. Maybe, just maybe he could manipulate this kids mind into hating heroes. And Eri... none of the tests he ran on her showed that she had a healing or resurrection quirk. But somehow she was able to bring him back to life when his own quirk was only able to put him back together. His fists clinched trying to think of an explanation. Then it hit him, "Eri's quirk is... the power to rewind..." This was the confirmation he needed. This was the moment he had unexpectedly been waiting for. His hypothesis was correct after all! "He's coming with us, Eri. We're going to help him." A devilish smile sliced across his face.

This was it. Now he had two projects. This kid was clearly smart and knew so much about heroes and how each one thought. And all he had was videos to go off on, but what if he was provided with more. Overhaul clearly had the money for resources that the kid could use to collect even more data on the heroes. Maybe with some fight training, Overhaul could make this kid into his little side kick. All while using Eri's flesh and blood to create the ultimate weapon to turn humanity back to normal and cure this hero sickness. It was all too perfect!

Overhaul dragged the boy into a back alley that would lead him to the Shie Hassaikai hide out while Eri followed behind. "I need to have another talk with Pops. And this time," he looked down at his two test subjects, "He won't refuse."

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A/N: yes I'm obsessed with the idea of Villain Deku and I absolutely love Overhaul. Hope you enjoyed and please recommend me some more ideas :)