| 16 | Battle Blackout |

"Wow, for some reason I'm starting to feel a chill." Mirko shivered as she bundled herself in a ball.

"Are you feeling cold Mirko-san?" Best Jeanest asked the rabbit. Mirko gave a sly grin in reply.

"Hell Nah! That just means that there's going to be some interesting scenes!" Mirko laughed in excitement gesturing Alisha to start the episode.

~O~

Shinsou was out of the war.

"We've started hard huh." Kaminari sighed.

"AND TEAM VILLAINS HAVE COMPLETED SIX OUT OF SEVEN OBJECTIVES!!! UNFORTUNATELY, HITOSHI SHINSOU LOST HIS POSITION IN THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE SIXTH OBJECTIVE!!!! BUT I DON'T THINK THE VILLAINS ARE DONE YET!!!!" Present Mic's voice echoed throughout Ground Beta.

"Why do I think the little Villains would soon go on a rampage?" Compress questioned himself.

"I dunno."

"Probably it's because the insomniac was someone the Leader brought himself," Shigaraki muttered dusting off his new map of the school and his plan on converting Midoriya to the dark side.

"That might be the case..."

Shinsou got up and sat up straight on the roof as Hagakure rushed out of sight and Tokage was released due to Shinsou loosening his binding cloth. Down on the road, Komori had blocked out Kendo and Tetsutetsu with a giant wall of mushrooms while Shoji - covered in bruises from continuously fighting - panted heavily. Yaoyorozu was ducked under the metallic shield covering her body. As soon as she heard Present Mic's announcement, she moved the shield and looked at the purple-haired boy, sitting in front of her with his head low.

"The music is so sad." Jirou slouched.

"It's... okay guys, I just wasn't good enough. Come on. The emo club doesn't want too many members." Shinsou laughed dryly.

"Um... Shinsou-kun," Midoriya called out tapping on the insomniac's shoulder. Once Shinsou face him, Midoriya gave a seemingly knowing smile.

"You shouldn't give up hope so soon! What you did was very heroic and you also managed to get the job done!! Don't cut yourself short!" Midoriya huffed as if what he said was a fact. Shinsou who didn't expect such positivity smiled.

It appeared contagious as all members of the Vilain Team soon began grinning and smiling as well.

"Yeah! The results haven't come out as yet why are we acting so gloomy?!" Mina yelled.

"Sorry for not putting any faith in you!" Some bowed in apology.

"Wha- please stand up straight!"

Laughter soon followed suit which Midoriya sighed at. He looked at Eri who was smiling along with the others.

Phew! I noticed Eri's mood was changing glad she's still smiling.

Well said Midoriya. Aizawa subtly smiled in his sleeping bag.

Shigaraki grumbled. It seemed that he'll need to remove that habit of his before recruitment.

She knew. Everybody knew. How important this test was for him. How much he wanted to pass it. How much he wanted to be a Hero. But he sacrificed his only chance to finally be someone who wanted to be. For his Team. For a bunch of teenagers who he didn't even know about five days ago.

"That's true we only officially met five days ago on the screen." Tokoyami nodded.

"Hey, how long were we in here?"

"Eehhhh...." Alisha looked away.

He lost because of them. He didn't want to fail them at any cost and he didn't. He does what he really wants to. He didn't want to fail his friends after everything they did for him in those four days he was with them. He just wanted to repay them. Repay them with a chance of a perfect victory. For being his friends even though he would never agree on it.

"The Narrator really is pushing the idea of friends unto me." Shinsou sighed.

"I'm sorry Shinsou-kun." Midoriya apologized, having a weird feeling that he was the main reason for that.

"Shinsou...?" Yaoyorozu called out for the purple head.

"I did what I had to. I can't rely on everyone if I want to be a Hero. It was only my fault... I'm still not ready yet. I still have a long way to go before calling myself a Hero." Shinsou replied as he stood up, and walked out of the battlegrounds to join the others who were eliminated.

Maybe you're closer to a Hero than you think. Nezu fiddled with his empty cup of tea.

"But you are a Hero..." Yaoyorozu said as he walked out of sight.

"Nah, I'm currently a recruit of the Villain Team. The so-called special weapon." Shinsou grinned.

~O~

Jirou detected the positions of everyone in the building using her quirk and motioned Mineta and Monoma to take their steps. Jirou stick her earphone jacks in a nearby switch and sent a shockwave throughout the entire connection due to which the building lost power. Which meant there was only light coming from the windows. So, they had a better way to sneak out as - thanks to Hatsume - every Villain had special goggles to see in the dark.

"We're raiding da house!" Mina yelled shaking her empty cup of evil tea.

"Ooo! A raid?" Komori jumped in glee while Honenkui shook his head.

"I have a few babies we can try out, it's perfect for this occasion!" Hatsume huffed.

"It's more like a building Ashido-san," Shoji replied.

"Besides, shouldn't it be us who says that?" Monoma asked pointing at those who were actually in the building.

After that, it was Mineta's move. Midoriya scared his pervert self for life in the past five days and now he was a little serious... but only for the test. Well, at least he was! Though, he made his way out of the empty room and, as Jirou instructed, left the purple balls of his hair on different locations to keep the Heroes in one place. Soon enough, the yells and shouts of the Heroes proved that most of them were stuck in the trap.

"... we can accept that." The girls of Class 1-A hummed.

"I'm honestly scared for my alternate self." Mineta shivered.

"Midoriya, can you do the same for this Mineta?" Jirou asked the teen.

Midoriya scored back to see Mineta looking at Jirou betrayed. Kaminari who was near the two slowly scooted away to not get dragged into the drama.

"When have I ever (sexually) harass you?!" Mineta yelled. "Besides, I show more restraint than the other me!"

"..." Jirou glared at the midget.

"I'm pretty sure the other you have better self-control, kero." Tsuyu spoke.

Next, Monoma moved with Jirou directing him through the communicators.

~O~

Uraraka and Iida entered the control panel as they pondered about their missing teammate, Todoroki. Nobody had seen since his fight with Shiozaki. They were quite worried about him as Present Mic also didn't announce his elimination. Then where was he? Second of all, they had been recently informed about Midoriya seen in the base. If the Villain Leader was himself in the base then who knows, what could happen. So, the entire Hero Team was searching up the base for the green-haired boy. Uraraka and Iida ended up searching the control panel.

"Let me guess. They're going to bump into Deku." Bakugo asked.

"Yep!" Alisha agreed.

Something seems off. Bakugou thought glaring at the strange girl.

What are you a sniper?! Stop trying to bore a hole through my head! Alisha internally sobbed.

The control panel was a wide room with a few large windows on a wall at the backside with curtains covering them up. There was a desk and a swivel armchair behind it. The lights were off and the only light in the room was coming from the curtained windows. The person on the swivel armchair was with the back at the two Heroes.

"Not the swivel chair! - I always wanted to do something like that." Twice both laughed and gushed.

"I would lose it if he turns around petting a cat," Kendo mumbled.

"I think a bunny would- never mind." Uraraka attempted to copy Hagakure's quirk because it would be too embarrassing to say that Deku petting a bunny is adorable.

"Well. Well. Well. Look who's finally here..." The person on the chair said. His voice hushed so Iida and Uraraka couldn't recognize it quite well. But the first thing that crossed their heads was that whoever that person was he was the Villain Leader, Midoriya. They both took out their guns as well.

"No mercy~ I like it." Mirko grinned.

"Thank you for remembering that you have a weapon." Snipe sighed.

"Honestly," Toga fiddled with her fingers as she would with her mic.

"Turn around and reveal yourself! We know you are the Villain Leader!" Iida said. The person did as he was told to. He turned the armchair around. Though, in the dark, the Heroes couldn't see his face. But the green color and curves of his costume gave away the idea.

Izuku Midoriya suddenly felt a rush of self-consciousness. Did he really look curvy? Did the narrator call him fat? Should he work out more?!

Midnight noticed Midoriya's inner turmoil. "Oh hun, that was a compliment."

"Is it really?" Izuku cried out confused.

"Am I?" The boys asked, tilting his head aside.

By now the whole audience was once again in chaos. They looked at one another in disbelief. Midoriya couldn't of possibly fool the audience entirely right?

"Is he not the brat?" Shigaraki violently scratched his neck. He squinched his eyes.

All For One, Midoriya and Nezu all pretended to not know the plot twist that had been foreshadowed a while ago.

"Maybe that's Todoroki, Shinsou could have used him to act as Midoriya," Ojiro announced.

"What are you smoking? That gives off more of a Monoma vibe." Awase laughed.

Monoma smiled in accomplishment. Shinsou then spoke up.

"Besides my quirk wouldn't allow him to speak."

"Theory disbanded." Hatsume clapped her hands.

"But weren't there a student who was learning Young Midoriya's fighting style?"

"Stop hurting your brains. It's obviously the Villain Leader."

~O~

"Dammit. What happened to the power system in the Hero base suddenly?" Power Loader asked.

"Us happened." Jiro played with her quirkless ear jacks.

"..."

"No idea. The backup generators aren't working there either." Snipe added.

"Wait, Principal shouldn't we also have a night cam there?" Power Loader asked his Sensei.

"Correct."

"Even without my quirk, I can easily notice the changes in the screen." Hound Dog spoke, he spoke so fluently that those next to him instantly screamed jumping forwards.

"When in the world were you there?!" Mic yelled.

"I've been here since the beginning. I wanted to watch the movie in peace." Hound Dog whispered becoming shy with the attention he was receiving.

"Well, that's because you haven't been paying proper attention," Nezu stated. On seeing everyone's confused faces, he continued, "Kyoka Jiro here certainly did some malfunctioning with the entire system of the building causing the power failure! Now isn't that evil!"

"That's my daughter taking UA by the strings!" Jirou's dad announced. Kyoka blushed in embarrassment ducking her face from everyone's view.

"B-be quiet, Old man!"

--

"I just got war flashbacks of high school man!" Yamada sulked.

"Why's that?"

"I remember always being called to attention whenever Princi Nezu describes something to me. The lectures never stopped man!"

"🙂" Nezu ... spoke? Projected? The teachers - who are pro Heroes I shall remind you - and knows his true colors shivered.

All Might look at them confused. Was it only him who think Nezu was kind to him? Yes.

"Yeah. But the bad thing is that we wouldn't be able to see the villainy clearly in the low-light..." Midnight said while eating popcorn of course.

...

"You are evaluating us Heroes right?" Kendo asked her Art teacher. Midnight faced the redhead with a slight smile.

"... right?"

"Oh Kendo, I'm on the Villains side.~"

~O~

A few minutes ago, as Midoriya and Tsuburaba were crawling through the vents, the Villain Leader stopped dead in his tracks when he heard that Shinsou was out of the war. He didn't expect this to happen. He didn't want this to happen. Shinsou wanted to pass this war at all cost! He would be so heartbroken. And if he wasn't, Midoriya still was. He was the leader. And he didn't like the fact that he wasn't there for Shinsou. The plan had it so obvious! Yaoyorozu was supposed to cover Shinsou up! Unless something else happened that he didn't know about.

"So Yaoyorozu was supposed to defend me at the cost of her life," Shinsou mumbled. He realized Midoriya's upset expression when Toru shot him so to know he ruined Midoriya's plan made him depressed.

Midoriya gave a smile to the not-so-secret love child of Aizawa who was surprised by the action.

"

It's okay, Shinsou-kun, what you did was very heroic and allowed us to reach this far." Midoriya grinned as Shinsou nodded in reply.


"Focus on the mission, dude..." Tsuburaba voice interrupted him as he turned his head to look at him.

"Thanks for that, we can't get distracted now right!" Midoriya raised a thumb to Tsuburaba who followed suit.

"No problem boss."

Deku is being very talkative now... its suspicious. Bakugou thought looking at the greenette who was radiating confidence, but that was what made him more confused. Why was he so confident?

What Bakugou didn't know was that his questions would soon be answered.

"Right. Extortion did it for us to continue. There must've been a situation. We should continue this and win it." Midoriya said in a low tone, so no sound would go out.

"Right. With Larceny and Pitcher, we don't have to worry about the other Heroes. Though I am a little worried about dealing with Zero... What if he shows up instead?" Tsuburaba added.

"I'd just kill you. Simple." Bakugou replied which made Tsuburaba jump although he knew it wasn't exactly him.

"How can you say such things so calmly?!" Ibara asked the nephew of Combustion man/Boom Boom man.

As the author kept trying to refer because of what she believes is a fever- or sleep deprivation- Bakugo looked at Ibara confused having to stop his theories as to why he felt like something wasn't right.

"Eh?"

"..."

"Leave him to me. Tell me are you sure that you're ready for it? Cause we can't make a mistake here." Midoriya stated.

"You can say I'm a little nervous regarding my performance... Do I look ready?" Tsuburaba asked.

"Huh, performance?" Compress fiddled with his robotic arm in interest.

"You guys know about how we were worrying that this Midoriya kid might have played all of us as well?" Mirko asked. Although she didn't have her activated even she could tell something was off with the phrasing.

"Eh. Dunno it's too dark in here." Midoriya replied with a smirk.

"HOLY SH*T!!!" Kaminari yelled surprised.

Alisha sighed in relief that she censored the words so Eri wouldn't get tainted.

"Sorry, sorry but didn't you guys saw a piece of Tsuburaba and Midoriya suits in that scene?" Kaminari asked.

His excitement slowly dissipated when everyone had the same answer; "No."

"Well, then there's just one way to find out..." Tsuburaba said as he and Midoriya changed their paths and he came out into the control panel of the Hero Team base. Now in the light, of the room, Tsuburaba was showed to be in Midoriya's Hero costume - with the mask on - instead of his.

"..."

"WTF!"

"Midoriya, did you know about this?" Momo asked her weird classmate who sheepishly looked down.

"It wasn't only him," Nezu replied cleaning his paw.

All For One soon nodded along while the rest of the audience went into chaos.

"We have to recruit him. No matter the means." Shigaraki announced wanting Midoriya even more. Toga nodded, wanting Izuku only for his blood.

Congratulations Midoriya, your approval rating improved by +1

"I didn't expect that Deku-kun, I feel a lil embarrassed that we couldn't recognize you earlier." Uraraka sighed realizing that her friend's strategic mind was something not to mess with.

"A..as well do I." Iida stuttered still stunned by the earlier events.

"Why were we against Midoriya?" Sero yelled to nothing.

Bakugo Katsuki was quiet. He had a feeling but for it to be this well thought out. He clenched his fist.

Deku is improving. If he uses that cunningness during our spars he'd... Katsuki grinned. Wishing that this would be over with already so he can beat the crap out of Midoriya.

Oh no, he was excited, not really angry. Besides if Tsubababa had to act like the Sh*tty Deku that means Deku would have a disadvantage. Or he can kill him as soon as he meets him.

But he soon noticed a flaw. He doesn't know that the damn nerd and the solid air quirk guy swapped suits.

"Let's see if the Heroes can tell who's Deku."

~O~

Midoriya crawled out of the vents and found himself in the - what assumingly looked like - attic. Cardboard boxes, metal trunks, and old papers filled the place, not leaving the massive amounts of dust on them.

"U.A. never fail to impress. Such detail, there's even dust on the cardboard!" Shoji nodded.

He was well, wearing Tsuburaba's Hero costume from the very beginning. That was the reason why a mask was added to the costume. It was so that no one would realize it was Midoriya fighting as Tsuburaba. He was Kingpin. Midoriya and Tsuburaba were both disguised as each other. The Heroes saw Tsuburaba as Midoriya would accomplish the task.

"From the very beginning... so that means before the flood-" Kirishima paused surprised.

"That was manly!" Tetsutetsu yelled clapping. And Kirishima couldn't argue about that.

"Midoriya, although you're my opponent I shall say that was a fine play-" Iida chopped.

"Welp, let's search the objective up. Then I'll slaughter some Heroes." Midoriya said, shrugging as he started to look through the mess in the attic. Soon enough, he found what he was looking for, in a trunk. The last blue cube. The last objective to secure a perfect win show UA what Team Villains was capable of. The Villain Leader took out the green garden to secure the objective.

"The Leader is going to end the war. Hm." Shoji nodded at the screen.

"GO KINGPIN!!" The villains yelled alongside a few adults. Kendo looked at her Principal in betrayal once she heard his voice with the crowd.

"This seems too easy," Sero grumbled with Kamakiri nodding.

"What? Are you sure it's not because we're going to win?" Shoda asked his classmate.

--

"I expected something to happen, is this brat plans that perfectly executed?!" Shigaraki scratched his neck annoyed that Midoriya's plans were mostly operating smoothly.

"You're just jealous of Izuku," Toga called out, not caring when Shigaraki attempted to choke her.

Jealous... of me?! Midoriya thought surprised, looking at Shigaraki's crusty face.

But just then, Katsuki Bakugou came storming in the attic room and delivered an explosion to the boy. As a result, Midoriya landed in the far corner of the attic, away from the objective.

"YES BAKUGOU! ELIMINATE HIM QUICK!!" A few of Team Heroes yelled triumphantly.

"See?!"

"...I-I see."

--

Shigaraki sighed in accomplishment knowing that someone younger than him wasn't a better playmaker.

Toga stared at the "successor of All For One" with a flat face, unamused.

--

Some Pro Heroes sighed. Happy that Bakugou was back in the scene.

"Ah, Kacchan... I didn't expect to see you arriving so soon." Midoriya looked up, nervously.

"Don't. Even. Fucking dare to!! You damn extra!!!" Bakugou stated in a threatening voice as he entered the room properly. Midoriya quickly recovered from the blast but half his mask was burnt, revealing his identity. Thankfully, due to the dark, his identity was still unknown to Bakugou. If his identity was revealed then the Heroes would know that he was never in the control panel and the last objective would become even harder to secure. He had to defeat Bakugou, without revealing his identity. Which meant he had to take him down without using One For All.

"Ah, so One For All is your qu-ACK?!" Mineta began but was stopped by a chop to the head. He looked up to see the non-existent, kidnapper Alisha starting at him as to Shut up.

Kaminari sighed.

Koda who wanted to explain to the confused midget whispered in his ear that they weren't supposed to mention OFA. Bless his soul.

Midoriya sweatdropped, believing his secret would be exposed by Mineta's thinking. All Might laid down on his seat feeling his heart rate quickening.

The others who didn't know of the quirk looked around confused.

"HAH?! Don't f*ck around with me Deku! You would never defeat me quirkless and by yourself!" Bakugou roared his aggressive would solidifying into rough Kanjis that attacked the greenette.

"Eep!"

"So is Deku-kun... I mean Kingpin going to fight Bakugou quirkless?" Uraraka repeated to no one in particular.

~O~

"Am I?" The boy asked tilting his head aside.

"NO YOU AREN'T!" They yelled towards Tsuburaba.

Tsuburaba was blushing in embarrassment once he realized that the Narrator was actually calling him curvy as well.

'Where is his elimination device... We can't leave it when he's right in front of us!!' Iida thought to himself as he tried to search for the said device on the boy's costume in the dark.

"Dramatic as always, Kero." Tsu spoke as Ursrsja tried not to laugh at Iida's seriousness.

Tsuburaba - who was disguised as the Villain Leader - heard faint noises of explosions coming from the upper floor. He understood the situation quickly. Bakugou had found Midoriya but since the sound of explosions was coming then, clearly Monoma and Jirou still weren't there with him. Midoriya wouldn't be able to defeat Bakugou without using his quirk. Should he risk his elimination and rush to Midoriya's side? Or should he just stall the Heroes?

"Hah! You heard that Deku!"

"Not even your Team believes you can fight me quirkless or even alone!" Bakugou's ego grown. Which Jeanest sighed at.

"Dammit..." He cursed underneath his and looked at the Heroes. He said, "Alright. Let's see what you've got for me!" Tsuburaba jumped off the chair and faced the Heroes. Uraraka and Iida were already prepared and without wasting a second, both of them sat an aim on the device on the boy's costume making an estimation regarding Midoriya's speed, both Iida and Uraraka fired. But Tsuburaba inhaled deeply and jumped out of the way. Then he exhaled, making the shape of a rectangle using his hands while activating his quirk. Both Heroes, unable to comprehend the move, got stuck in his air prison.

"Eh?!"

"Is that your new move?" Some asked Tsuburaba who chuckled nervously.

"W-What?! Deku, how?!" Uraraka asked as she looked at the boy. Tsuburaba stood up and came into the light and lifted up the green God-like mask off his face. Both Iida and Uraraka stared at Tsuburaba in shock.

"I'm still upset that we didnt find out that wasnt Deku until it was too late." Uraraka huffed.

"You're not Deku?!"

"Oh. I'm Deku... Just not the one you know."

"So manly." The two manly twins cried simultaneously.

Slowly Kqminari clapped at the screen cause he couldn't deny that was amazing. Which a few people soon followed.

~O~

Yes, Tsuburaba was Deku and Midoriya was Kingpin this whole time. When I wrote the codenames I never clarified that Midoriya was Deku and Tsuburaba was Kingpin.
😜😜😜😜😜

"That's evil."

"We got played so badly."

--

"I didn't really study the codenames so this is a shock." Dabi admitted watching as the two boys shilloutes appeared on the screen and flashed to them in each others outfits.

"Said the guy who told us to call him Dabi." Compress tutted.

Dabi looked at Compress unamused. "That's rich coming from you. Did your parents name you as Compress? No."

--

"Omg there were so many foreshadows!" Nejire yelled, shaking Tamaki who gave up.

Bondo decided that he will try not to sleep during the movie. Although it was  almost finished. Poor him.

"You guys do know that there's still more correct?" Aizawa asked holding the remote.

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