MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

M:SFH 18 Preparation

"Hey! Aren't you one of those students from UA?"

Shigaraki: Oh, it's me.

Shoto saw a teenager in a ratty black hoodie, but he couldn't see his face.

"You were the second place winner at the sports festival, right?" Shoto grimaced as the stranger put an arm around his shoulder, "You're pretty powerful."

Midoriya(shuddering): I guess Todoroki gets my... interaction with Shigaraki.

"Please get away from me."

"What can I say, I'm just a huge fan," The man didn't move his arm. "I can't believe I'm running into you again. It makes me think it might not be a coincidence." Shoto's eyes widened slightly as the man put a hand around his throat, keeping his middle finger lifted, "It feels like destiny, but I guess from your perspective, we haven't met since the attack on UA."

Dabi: That's what you did to Midoriya?

Shigaraki: Mm-hm.

The man smiled at him, allowing Shoto to see his face. Tomura Shigaraki, the head of the league of villains with a five point disintegration quirk. Shoto swallowed; suddenly the hand around his throat felt much more threatening.

Midoriya(chuckling nervously): Yup.

"Why don't we sit down and chat for a while, Shoto Todoroki?"

Shigaraki led Shoto over to a nearby bench and they sat down with Shigaraki's hand still at Shoto's throat.

Inko: He's not going to die, is he?

Mitsuki: No, I'm sure he won't. Just calm down, Inko.

"I could just freeze you right here, you know." Shoto said.

Shigaraki laughed, "If you tried, I'd just put my finger down and the first thing to go would be your throat."

"Here with all these people? A hero would come catch you."

Shigaraki: But how many people could I kill before they do?

Shigaraki shrugged, "Sure, but how many of these smiling sheep could I take out before that happened? I'm fast, I could probably take out twenty, thirty, maybe even more before a pro finally showed up. These idiots, they assume that everyone has their same morals, but any one of them could use their quirk and start a massacre right now. They think laws and rules will protect them; they're convinced nothing bad could ever happen to them."

All Might: People should be able to live in peace and safety like that.

"What's your point?"

Shigaraki shrugged, "That's just it. I don't know. I hate pretty much everything, but right now the Hero Killer pisses me off the most. Have you ever hated something so much you just wanted to kill it?"

My father,

Endeavor: I'm not surprised.

Mirko(scoffing): Yeah I'd call you delusional if you were.

Shoto thought, but bit his tongue before he could say that, "Wasn't the hero killer one of your men?"

"Not technically," Shigaraki replied, "but that's what the media made it seem like. And now everyone's obsessed with him. Everything I've done, releasing Nomus on Hosu City, the attack on UA, even killing All Might! It's all been overshadowed by that stupid hero killer and his stupid ideology. In the end, all he did was try to get rid of what he hated, same as me, so why is everyone so obsessed with him?"

Toga: Nah, he's really different from you, Shiggy. No offense but he is.

"I don't know..." Shoto said slowly, "Maybe it's because he convinces everyone to hate what he does. His ideology makes sense, not all heroes deserve the title, and I think maybe everyone knows that deep down, they're just too afraid to say it. Or maybe they don't want to believe it. So they just let heroes keep taking power and abusing...abusing the system. Stain was a maniac, but he didn't destroy things just because it sounded fun. He was trying to make a change, show how corrupt the hero system really is." Shoto's voice had dropped to a whisper, "That's why I agree with him."