Moegi was now at Koichi's place, a penthouse all on the roof of an old-beat-up building. She was surprised at the state of the building, then again it was Naruhata.

"Hey, hey," said Moegi walking in.

"Oh, hey Spookie," greeted Pop looking over. "Koichi was just saying with his quirk he could go faster than a bike, but there are risks."

"See," said Koichi pointing at his elbow, showing a scar.

"That explains the gloves the old man suggested I pick up," said Moegi taking a pair out of her pocket. She handed them to Koichi; he slipped them on.

"Ohh...Lookit this!" exclaimed Koichi.

"Protection gear for bikers," answered Knuckleduster with a smile, crossing his arms.

"With better protection, you won't wipe out so easy, so you can go faster," added Moegi.

"Also, you'd better practice how to fall without getting hurt," advised Knuckleduster.

Pop seemed a bit unpleased with her hands on her hips. "You sure look pleased."

"And you'll need a new name. The villains ain't gonna respect Nice Guy," said Knuckleduster, Koichi became more alert.

****

They were now on patrol; Koichi was getting a go at his new gear. Moegi and Pop were watching these two people get into a fight with each other. They were on a three-way call with Koichi.

"Screw you!" shouted the guy with a mask. "Can't have you making a fool outta me, you bastard!!"

"The hell?" growled in guy in a hate. "You think I'm gonna take that from you jerk?" The two started to use their quirks on each other.

"Oh, look it escalated," said Moegi.

"Yup," said Pop. "It's a fight. Quirks being cut loose in front of the station. They've got uniforms on. High-school kids, maybe?"

"What middle school're you from anyway?!" demanded one guy.

"Wait no, they're middle schoolers," said Moegi.

"Gotcha, be right there," said Koichi, he appeared in no time after hanging up the phone. "KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO!" He jumped through the air. He flew right through the two. "Whoa...C-Can't stop." He crashed into a pile of trash. Pop and Moegi looked at each other and sighed.

"You okay man?" asked the sideburns guy.

"What's with him?" asked Laser Guy.

Koichi hopped back to his feet. "Not a scratch!"

"Huh?" asked the two.

"Hey!" shouted sideburns. "What's the big idea, man?!"

"Eh? Me?" asked Koichi. "Heh...Heh...I am..." He struck a pose on the ground with one hand in the air. "The mysterious man with an air of danger...The Crawler!!"

"Huh? What're you talking about?" asked Laser Guy. "You're nice guy, ain't you?"

"Yeahh. The one who goes around picking up trash?" recalled Sideburns. "You do good work."

"No. I'm Nice Guy reborn...The Crawler!" explained Koichi.

"The Crueller?" repeated Laser Guy.

"Going from Nice Guy to Cruller?" asked sideburns. "Not seeing the connection to doughnuts..."

"No, no, no! Not the Cruller!" denied Koichi. "The Crrrawler!!" He pointed at himself.

"Stop rolling the R's dude," grunted Sideburns.

"Anyway, no more fighting, violence has never solved anything, y' know," ordered Koichi.

"Huh???" asked the two in disbelief.

"You ain't the boss of us!" shouted Sideburns reaching forward.

"Ha ha! Stop that now,' said Koichi putting his arms up. "This armor works great! Doesn't hurt at all!" This made the two even more mad.

"Buzz off!" demanded Laser Guy using his quirk on Koichi, hitting him in the eyes.

"My eyes!" cried Koichi.

"You're acting pretty high and might for a nice guy," said the laser guy kicking him. He suddenly got punched in the face.

"Ow!" shouted Laser Guy as Moegi revealed herself. "Oh, so you too Spookie?!"

"It's Crawler!" shouted Koichi as Moegi and Laser started to exchange blows.

"Just go back to picking up garbage like always!" shouted sideburns. Down back in the alleys, to nobody's awareness, a boy was watching them. He had black spikey hair, gnarly purple skin that appeared in patches on his body and face, and staples on his face and body to hold his skin together. He couldn't help but smile watching the scene unfold in front of him.

"Taking out the trash, eh?" asked Knuckleduster jumping down from a building. "That means punks like you!" He landed ready to fight, everyone looked at him.

"Huh?" asked sideburns,

"Who's the old fart?" asked the laser guy.

"Master!" gasped Koichi.

"You there punks. You're about to catch a beating!" threatened Knuckleduster charging forward. Koichi got in front trying to stop him. "And we've gotta confirm a thing or two."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't punch them!" pleaded Koichi. "Why is that always the plan with you?"

"It goes faster once I punch 'em," explained Knuckleduster. "S'also more refreshing."

"Man, you need a better way to clear your head," advised Koichi.

Knuckleduster then slouched. "Why?"

"What's the deal with these guys?' asked Sideburns.

Moegi looked back at them. "They are teacher and student." They looked at her.

"Ah," breathed the two.

"This is exhausting," sighed Pop, she leaped off the sign, she made a charming entrance. "Heya! Mind if I stop in?"

"Pop Step!" cheered the two boys with blushing cheeks.

"I'm always watching your clips!" exclaimed Laser Guy.

"M-me too," said sideburns. "I always click like!"

"Thanks, boys!" gushed Pop. "Want my autograph?" They were very happy with that answer.

"She should have stepped in earlier," said Moegi tilting her head.

"Those losers have no manners," grumbled Knuckleduster. "They're not total villains. But they're hardly on the up-and-up." They watched Pop give out the autographs.

"I'm on the up-and-up, I swear!" exclaimed Kochi. They suddenly heard a scream.

"A villain!" someone screamed. They all looked to a man completely beefed up; he had rocks sticking out all over his body.

"It's a villain!" a guy shouted as people ran from the sight.

"NYAHHHH!" the man yelled. "HARD SO HARD! I'M INVINCIBILE!" He smashed a wall. "HARDER THAN ANY BUILDING!"

"OH NO MY BABY!" a woman cried; they watched a baby fly up, Koichi was quick to catch the baby, he tucked him in his arms, taking a roll.

"Rescue: Successful!" confirmed Koichi revealing the baby unharmed, the little one made happy sounds.

"Here we go!" shouted Knuckleduster going after the instant villain. A few punches were exchanged between the two.

"This guy's bad news!" shouted Knuckleduster after getting hit, he skidded a bit.

"GAGGHH!" growled the instant villain. "No one! No one can scratch my hide!"

Moegi stepped up putting her hand up, with her other hand behind it.

"EctoBlaster!" exclaimed Moegi; ectoplasm shot out in dashes; hitting the villain multiple times; he lifted his face lifting his face exposing himself and sticking out his tongue.

"Someone call a hero!" a person urged.

"Master look!" urged Koichi pointing at the guy.

"We've got a winner," smirked Knuckleduster wiping the blood from his lip. "Let's do this!" He dashed forward to join the fight with Koichi.

"Like I was just saying..." began Pop to the two guys who watched in awe. "Trigger. It's this dangerous drug that turns normal people into full-on villains. We're just a couple of volunteers trying to put a stop to it all." Moegi engulfed her fists in ectoplasm...EctoStrike.

"Gagagagaga! I'm a superhuman!" shouted the guy. "AND YOU'RE JUST TRASH!" Koichi dashed around the guy's attack; Moegi was able to get a good punch on the guy making him skid back. "Scampering around my feet and those pity strikes won't do you any good!" They continued their team attacks and evaded.

"You instant villains ain't used to your boosted quirks," said Knuckleduster tackling the guy. "Just full of openings. Like how you hardened your skin too much, slowing your movements." He slammed the guy on the ground. "Make for some hard falls." He raised his fists; he had brass knuckles on each hand. "And since this ain't your natural form, you gotta focus to keep up that hardening." He punched the guy in the face. "LOSE FOCUS AND YOU GO ALL SOFT!" He looked at Koichi and Moegi smiling. "Smooth sailing after that first hit." Then he gave a rapid amount of punches. "Ain't gonna give you a chance to recover." The two fighting earlier were struck with fear of the old man. Knuckleduster stood up as soon as the guy returned to normal. "That armor's not much when you ain't prepared to use it right. S'wat happens when you get cocky." The guy was beaten so badly, that his face was completely bruised and rearranged.

"He's out cold!" exclaimed Moegi. "How is that going to help us?"

"Get a picture and check his I.D.," instructed Knuckleduster.

"Ah, right!" explained Koichi pulling out his phone.

"His face..." breathed Knuckleduster a finger to his mouth. "Ain't so clear."

"Yeah from all the punching," explained Koichi, side-eyeing the man. They got the man sitting up, tying his wrists behind his back.

"I tied him up," said Koichi tugging on the string.

"Not seeing any I.D. on him," said Knuckleduster.

"You done this before guys...?" asked Sideburns.

"Thank you so much," said the woman with the baby to Pop.

"Don't mention it," smiled Pop waving her hands nervously.

"We should still snap a picture," suggested Moegi. "For future purposes."

Knuckleduster squeezed the guy's face till his tongue was out. "Be sure to get the tongue."

"Tongue?" asked Samazu (Laser Guy.)

Pop looked at them pointing to her tongue. "Your tongue turns black when you take the drug. That's how we can tell." She opened her phone. "Watch out for your friends too. Make sure they're not on the stuff. And just shoot me a text if something comes up, kay?"

"Drugs're bad, no doubt," said Samazu.

"Bad news for sure," agreed Jube. (Sideburns). Sirens started to go off.

"It's the cops!" infirmed Koichi.

"Okay, let's go!" urged Knuckleduster urged, Moegi turned invisible as Pop leapt away.

"See you around, boys!" smiled Pop.

"Ah...whoa!" sounded the two.

"Who the hell are you guys?" asked Jube.

"We're the mysterious new heroes Knuckleduster and The Crawler!" answered Koichi as they got away. They regrouped at Koichi's place. Moegi and Pop sat on his bed.

"Ah. It's the talk of the town what went down today," reported Pop.

"Yeah?!" asked Koichi excitedly. "What do they think of the new heroes?"

"They're calling you two 'Freak Fist Grandpa' and 'The Crueller," answered Pop.

"It's THE CRAWLER!" cried Koichi throwing his head back.

"That little Crueller sure squawked a lot lol. Gotta give it to the Crueller the sidekick lol. He was the real deal. So don't do drugs guyz. Or grandpa's gonna beat you up," read Moegi.

"THE CRAWLER!" shouted Koichi in even more despair.

***

A few days had passed, and Moegi had spent more time in the library studying for that contest, as well as looking for discolored tongues. She was stepping out of the library when she saw a girl with familiar pink hair coming down the street.

"Pop?" asked Moegi stepping in front of her, she then froze realizing she was out of her vigilante disguise. She noticed that Pop actually had blue eyes, the pink must've been contacted.

The girl became alarmed at Moegi's sudden greeting, then leaned forward a bit. "Spookie?" Moegi nodded as the girl looked at her up and down. "I did not expect you to look so pretty." Moegi had worn her hair down, she had side bangs. She wore a crop top green off-the-shoulder zip-up jacket, with a blue tank top underneath, blue jeans, and a pair of flats.

"Thanks," smiled Moegi. "You are quite cute as well. Heading up to Koichi's?" She nodded. They talked till they got up to the penthouse, Moegi gave a knock. Koichi opened the door, he seemed confused at the sight.

"Do I know you two?" asked Koichi. Pop just pushed past him, shoving him against the wall.

"Hey, Koichi," Moegi greeted stepping in and closing the door. "I figured I'd find the old man here."

"Wait, wait, wait," said Koichi looking between her and Pop. "Who are you two?"

"Wow, I finally understand how some people get away with disguises such as just glasses," said Moegi as Pop started to do her hair.

"It's me, duh," answered Pop angrily looking at him.

"Ah...Pop," greeted Koichi. "Didn't expect you to look so, uh..."

"Say plain and I'll murder you," threatened Pop.

Koichi smiled lightly, then turned to Moegi. "So, you are...SPOOKIE!"

"Yeah, that's me," Moegi smiled sheepishly putting a hand behind her head. "You all can call me Mori if I'm not in disguise."

"But we're not on patrol till tonight, right?" asked Koichi.

"Finished my day job a little early," answered Knuckleduster staring at the TV. "Gonna take it easy until Nightfall."

"Just making a quick stop," answered Moegi. "I gotta get to my part-time job."

"Same here," said Koichi pointing at himself.

"I've got a live performance soon," said Pop pocking her head out of a curtain. "Gonna change into my costume, so don't you dare look."

"Wasn't planning to, but..." trailed Koichi, he was confused at the curtain.

"EEWWW!" shrieked Pop. "Who left this dirty old coat here?" She threw the coat at Knuckleduster. "Don't leave your stuff lying around!! The space behind the curtain's my area!"

"Get over yourself," ordered Knuckleduster. "This room's a communal space."

"This my house actually," corrected Koichi. "Anyway, like I said earlier, I've gotta get to my part-time job."

"I'll walk out with you," said Moegi. "As I gotta get to mine as well."

"Feel free," said Pop disappearing behind the curtain again.

"So what?" asked Knuckleduster facing him.

In defeat, Koichi had his face shoved against the wall in gloom. "It's my house. Right?" He looked back at them. "All right...I'm leaving a spare key so be sure to lock up if you leave."

"Don' need it," denied Knuckleduster.

"No, I'm asking you to use it," corrected Koichi. "Please."

"Ahh! Koichi!" called Pop. "Can I borrow a towel? Just something to wipe the sweat off my face?"

"Sweat...? Oh, for after your show. Sure-use one from the dresser" answered Koichi. "And feel free to take a bath too."

"A bath no way?" asked Pop looking away. "What're you really after? Gross."

"No ulterior motives, honestly," said Koichi, he was sweating a little.

"It sorts of came out of that way," said Moegi. Koichi was in another state of gloom, leaning against the wall.

"Eh? What's wrong?" asked Pop. "What's got you down in the dumps?" Koichi then explained his college debut failure.

"So, you see it was kinda traumatic," groaned Koichi, Moegi just smiled remembering all the trouble she and Toya caused on purpose. When they were 11 they ended up in the principal's office 7 times in one semester.

"Um. Right..." breathed Pop. "Don't you have a job to get to?"

"YEAAAH!" answered Koichi. He and Moegi were out the door. "Where do you work?"

"Oh, I'm a gig person," answered Moegi. "Sometimes I grocery shop for the elderly or I clean houses or office buildings." She looked at her phone. "And it looks like an office building today."

"I'm just over at a grocery store," informed Koichi. They chatted a bit and exchanged numbers before going to their respective jobs. So, the vigilante group was currently an old man, a college freshman student, a high school senior, and a middle schooler. Moegi's shift went late with the list of items she had to complete. She was now walking down the busy streets when she heard familiar screaming, it was Pop. Moegi turned invisible, and five minutes later she reappeared in her vigilante disguise as Spookie.

"What do you want, man?!" cried Pop as Moegi saw her getting chased by a giant slimy eel. "YOU'RE RUINING MY SHOW!"

"You two!" exclaimed Koichi in his costume, just an All Might hoodie, the protection gear, and a mask over his mouth and nose.

"Spookie!" greeted Samatsu

"It's the Cruller!" noted Jube.

"I'm here too," announced Knuckleduster making his entrance.

"WAHH! FIST GEEZER !!" screamed the two boys.

"The way he moves...keeping up'll be a pain," admitted Knuckleduster. "Gotta get him in a pincer."

"Spookie, you create a diversion and I'll take the lead from there," instructed Koichi getting ready to launch himself.

"Got it!" chimed Moegi running forward.

"HANDSHAKE!" cried the eel; Pop screamed more as she got chased.

"EEEE!" squealed Pop. "He doesn't give up!!" A large amount of ectoplasm came in between Pop and the eel, and Koichi grabbed hold of the guy's back.

"GOTCHA!" he exclaimed.

"Now hold still!" instructed Knuckleduster from above with a punch ready. The eel suddenly got out of Koichi's grip, causing Knuckleduster and Koichi to collide.

"Y-You guys okay?" asked Jube.

"Too slipper, jeez," groaned Koichi being crushed by the old man.

"Oh, look a Udon shop," said Moegi looking at one of the shops nearby. She immediately thought of Shoto Todoroki and his love for Soba. He had her make it for him all the time when she babysat him, it had to be cold soba too. Moegi was sure the cold soba was too despite Endeavor.

***

10-year-old Moegi was in the kitchen, with 3-year-old Shoto who was wearing an All Might. It's something she always kept in her backpack, and let Shoto wear in secret when Endeavor was away.

"So--" Shoto began as he pushed his hands forward at the dough. "Ba." Shoto was standing in front of her, on the stool they both stood on. He was helping her make homemade soba noodles from scratch. He didn't care how they were made, but he just wanted soba noodles and he wanted to help. 

"Say it together," said Moegi. "Soba."

"Soba," repeated Shoto with a giggle looking up at her. 

*** 

 Jube and Samazu then explained the situation to them. They made a quick phone call to Pop as they bought some flour.

"Handshake?" asked Pop.

"Yeah, apparently...he just wants to shake your hand," confirmed Koichi. "Give him that and maybe he'll back off..."

"Maybe let him squeeze you once or twice," suggested Knuckleduster. " 'Snot like you'll lose it."

"I really hate that side of you, old man," growled Pop. Nonetheless, Pop agreed to the plan, she got the eel to follow her into the back alley.

"P-P-P-Pop where?" asked the eel looking around.

"Hey there big boy!" greeted Pop sticking out.

"Pop!" cheered the eel slithering over to her.

Pop held out her hand; she displayed a lot of her charm. "It's great how passionate you are. It's kinda moving, actually. So...as a special favor...we can have a special handshake meeting...just the two of us!"

"H-h-handshake?" repeated the eel, loads of slime fell off. There was a splotch sound with the handshake.

"P-Pop," breathed the eel with tears in his eyes. He suddenly wrapped himself around her making Pop scream. "Next...how about a hug! HUG!"

"S-stop!" screamed Pop trying to push the guy off her,

"Ler's kiss. KISS!!" said the eel opening his mouth, revealing loads of sharp teeth, making Pop scream even more.

Up above, Koichi dumped a bag of flour onto the eel, and Moegi trapped him in a giant Ectoshield.

"Should suck up all the moisture in that slime of his," said Knuckleduster cracking his knuckles. "With the slime gone, it's time for an eel sandwich, or sumethin' like that." As soon as Moegi released the shield, Knuckleduster whooped on the guy. The eel turned into a small beat boy.

"He's naked!" squeaked Moegi using ectoplasm to cover the guy's bottom half.

"Most of the villains transformed by trigger end up kinda naked," said Koichi. "Cuz their clothes rip off."

"Well, he's fully naked," said Moegi.

"So, we gotta take them down before the transformation," said Knuckleduster. Sirens went off.

"Ah, the cops!" exclaimed Koichi. "We'd better split."

"Hold on a minute..." began Pop, they looked to see her dripping in slime. "I'm gonna take a bath...after all." They fled the scene to Koichi's penthouse. Moegi was out of her vigilante costume.

"Right Koichi. You've gotta pick up some decent shampoo," advised Pop, she was in sweats. "That cheap stuff ruins my hair."

Knuckleduster kicked open the door to the bathroom, he was just in his boxers, with a towel around his neck. "Just use a bar of soap for that mop."

"How do you even exist?" demanded Pop in annoyance.

Knuckleduster went to the fridge. "And you're outta beer, Koichi. What's going on here?"

"I think you drank it all, is what," answered Koichi in annoyance.

"Yeah?" asked Knuckleduster. "Better restock then."

"Hey, old man!" screeched Pop. "Mind not walking around half-naked?"

"I ain't crossing your curtain domain, am I?" asked Knuckleduster lighting a cigarette.

"I'm talking about basic manners for this communal space," explained Pop.

"Not communal, my house," corrected Koichi as Moegi grabbed the clothes from the washer.

"And smoke outside!" demanded Pop, stomping her feet in rage. "It's gonna stink up my hair. Whoever heard of an idol stinking of smoke?"

"You're barely outta diapers, and you care about smelling good?" asked Knuckleduster turning on the TV.

"Diapers?" repeated Pop in disbelief. "Why I oughta!!"

"Um..." breathed Koichi as Moegi walked over to the door with the laundry basket. "I'm gonna go help Mori hang the laundry to dry." He opened the door, and Moegi stepped out. "The college lifestyle I expected...wasn't anything like this."

"Having bad thoughts about it?" asked Moegi putting the basket down in front of the line.

"As for right now, it is what it is," answered Koichi with a smile.

"I can't take this anymore!" Pop shouted. "Koichi! Do something about him already!!"

"What are your plans for after high school?" asked Koichi.

"I've applied to a few colleges here in Naruhata," answered Moegi. "I wanna keep an eye on the place as long as I can."

"That's nice of you," smiled Koichi.

**

About two days passed or so, and in the middle of the night, Moegi was in her room making little notes on paper. The drug incidents had so far taken place in ranges of NR Naruhata Station Shopping district to the old quarter in East Naruhata. Moegi knew Naruhata pretty well due to all her vigilante activities. She looked at a set of pictures in front of her. Some of them were from her years in high school, she managed to make new friends. Though she hadn't been able to fully find a best friend, it seemed nobody was going to take Toya's place, he was irreplaceable. A few of the photos were of her and Todoroki's, individual or group photos. Her eyes landed on another picture of her and Toya, they were on break at the haunted house.

"What would you make of all this, Toya?" said Moegi taking down the photo.

**

Moegi had just finished a grocery gig, she was now heading down to the tea shop, she saw Pop and Koichi.

"Oh, hey, Mori!" greeted Koichi.

"Pop, Koichi," greeted Moegi.

"HEYA!" a voice greeted them, they looked to see the Laser Guy walking up to them. "I'm Ichimoku Samatsu from Manjuku Academy. Greetings to you on this fine day, Miss Pop!" He looked over. "Oh, and how ya doing, Crueller?"

"It's the Crawler," corrected Koichi leaning back. "Try getting it right for once."

Samatsu turned to Moegi. "It seems I don't know you."

"Moegi Morikawa, just call me Mori," answered Moegi.

"So, where's your friend?" asked Koichi glancing at Moegi for a second. "Naimaru was it?"

"Yeah! My good buddy had to go home with that guy to pick up some merchandise," explained Samatsu. "Should be heading this way now."

"How about we all go chat at the café?" suggested Moegi.

"Sure...but now that I think about it...It's gonna be embarrassing walking in there looking like this," answered Pop looking down at her clothes.

"Why not just sit on the terrace then?" suggested Koichi.

"Oh. What're you kids up to?" asked Knuckleduster. "Why are you out of costume Spookie?"

"Mori!" Moegi corrected quickly waving her hands frantically.

"Spookie!" repeated Samatsu looking at her, he blushed and gave a thumbs up.

"I should have remained solo," groaned Moegi with her head down.

"We were just gonna have some tea," Koichi informed Knuckleduster.

"Take a seat here," advised Knuckleduster pointing at the table. "I ain't stopping you."

The four huddled together.

"Well..." breathed Moegi.

"What're we gonna do? He's the last guy we want spotting us," said Samatsu.

"No doubt," agreed Koichi.

"You gotta talk our way outta this, Koichi," urged Pop. A few minutes passed by, they suddenly heard large amounts of screaming.

"There's something going on, over on the other side of the tracks," said Moegi.

"Maybe a big accident?" suggested Koichi.

Pop pulled out her phone. "Uh-uh. A whole buncha villains. More than ten!"

"That's huge!" exclaimed Koichi, they heard a whooshing sound, and they looked to see Pro Hero Air Jet arriving first to the scene. Moegi looked over to Pop's shoulder, from a live stream a whole bunch of heroes showed up. Ingenium...Death Arms...Sniper...Best Jeanist...Thirteen.... Midnight...Present Mic...Eraserhead...All Might

Moegi frowned at the other name...Endeavor.

"Most of the villains are already caught," informed Moegi.

"That was fast!" cheered Koichi. "Pros sure are amazing." He suddenly turned his head. "Hey...Master got a weird look on his face and ran off."

"Tell someone who cares," groaned Koichi as Moegi looked to see that the old man was out of sight. Minutes later, Knuckleduster came back with Jube, and they sat at the tea place a bit longer. During that period, up on a rooftop observing everything below, Endeavor was surprised to see Moegi among the people, he observed her for a minute or two...deep in the shadows of the back alleys, the boy with spikey black hair was staring up at the number two hero.

Right back then, they didn't know...the true identity of who they were really fighting. The true threat was lurking in the city's shadows. Unaware of that quiet malice...they lived on, in those fleeting days of peace. Not knowing what was to come.