*Flashback*

???: Hey! Hey! Tsume! Let's play over there!

Tsume: Wait up! Don't run so fast!

???: Come on! Come on!

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Tsume: Hey...

???: Yeah...

Tsume: Promise me that we're always be together!

???: I promise~! We will be together! Once we get our quirks! We're become heroes!

Tsume: Yay!

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Tsume:....Hey...

???: What is it?

Tsume: Why does Mom and Dad hate me?

???: What do you mean?! Mom and Dad love you?

Tsume: But...they always pay more attention to you more than me...

???: Tsume...

Tsume: (It's because of my quirk isn't it...?)

???: Tsume...Mom and Dad loves both of us equally. They're just having a hard time adjusting to things. They'll come around. I'm sure of it....I'm sure of it.

Tsume:....Alright.

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Tsume: Mom and Dad brought me to a strange place...saying something about going there to redeem myself? What does that mean? Did I...do something wrong?

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Tsume: I don't want to stay here...The people here are weird...I don't like the way they stare at me...

"They look at me like I'm kind of monster..."

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???: Tsume...Don't worry! I'll find a way to get you out!

Tsume:....

???: Just hold on a little more, Tsume! I'll come back for you little brother!

Tsume: Wait! Please don't go! Don't leave me here! PLEASE!

???: I'll be back! I promise!

Tsume: *Cries* HIKARI!

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He waited...and waited...and waited...

Hours turned into days...

Days turned to months...

Months turned into years...

But...

Hikari never came back...

Just like how parents and everyone else have given up on him...?

Was he abandoned by his own twin...?

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Tsume: Hikari...why did you leave me...?

*Crack*

Tsume: Did I really meant...nothing to you?

*Crack*

Tsume: Why...did you break your promise?

*Crack*

Tsume: I...I...I...

*SHATTERED*

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L̵̻͕̬͖͙̀̊͐͌͘̚ͅë̵̡͈̱̝͕͚̰̤̟́͌̉͗̊͘a̵̢̤͙͍̙̹̎̊̉̽̊͗͝͝v̷̯͈͖̳͊͐̾̇̓̕e̵̛̠̳̣̺̙̽̽́͊͂̌̉̏ͅ ̸̦͖̫͓̼̺͒͒̽̅͐m̸͙̙͖̠̤̥̃́͛̒̈́ê̶͖̳̂͑͝ ̸̢̨͖͖̖͔̣̤̺͕̈À̸͚̘̰̣̣̳͔̊l̶̡͔̞̫̝̥͓͈͑͛͑͊̂̐́͝o̴̡͈̝̘̮̤̮̅͂͒̒̓͑n̴̢̦̬̩̦͒̆̋͌̽ę̵̢̼͔͖̓̍̾̇̾̆̈́̕͝.̷͉̑͐̎͋̉͌̈́̚.̴̱͔̯̗̥̳̪̬̰̂̉̉̂̐͑͐̇̒̂.̶͕͎̯̪̌I̵̡̹͈̠̼̹̲̔̄̆ ̵̗̭̘͚̃͒̕h̵̥̬̼͇̫̗̺̙̝̉̑̅̒̿̅͆͜a̸̻͖̣̣͐̊͑͗͗͛̌̚ͅẗ̷̹͕̳̥̳́̀̈́͝ẽ̶̱̩̋͂̏̈́̕ ̷̩͔̭̘͒̓͛̊̃͗͠y̸̝͚̿̐õ̴̯̺͍̿̈͐̓̏̌̚͝ư̶͍̯̼͈̜͎͇͛͒̿̀̆͌̏̒̎ ̵̽̐͂̇͜a̷̘̖͆̕l̶͔̅̌̂͋̔̽ļ̴̡̨̘̳͎̤͈̈̋̄͗̈̐̐̚͘.̶̮̙͎͔̘̙͆̀͗͠.̷͎̳̀!̸̥̲̼̣͍͌̈́͐͜͝ͅ ̸̠͇̄̂̌̇͘͝J̸̲̺̮̭̪͚̜̌̔̂̉͑̊͑̕͠u̴̼̰̗̼͙͕̇̏͂̐͗͊̆̅̏͠s̵͇̹̮̝̹̤̉̿͒̈̕̚t̵̡̝̙̰̏͐̒̈͐̕ ̸̛͖͓́͆̐͊l̶̠̯͔͓̓͋͘͠͝ẽ̷͔̣̫͑̋̈́̓̇̏a̶̢͈̰̫̹̯̋̂̾v̴̥͗̀̑̑̓͌́e̶̳̠͚͙̦͈̟̞̓̌͑̽͘͘ ̸̨̱̜̩̘͈̠̤̥̪̈́̐͛͗̎̊͛̓m̶͎̯͇͕̞̿̿̅͑ẻ̸̜̬̘̲̑̈́̽̆͂̚ ̵̖̮̮̪̦̬̫͓͆̊͋̂̅̒ͅt̶̨̟̞̰̥͆͒͑̏̐̈́̀̕͠ȏ̵̮̉̈́̓͑͆̒͛͠ ̵̪̙̘͔̹̱̩̈̂̎͊̿̎̓̒͊̈d̷̨̨̹̠̯̣̞̩̬͉̓̄̃̀͝͝i̵̡̗̬̓̊̉͊͘͝e̸̡̧̤͍̹̬̻̐!̷̡̛̛̲̩̙͉̺̑̓̽̂̅̓͆͘

D̵͕͎̪͕̜̙̫̞͚͐̑͋̈̋̏̾͘͠͠ờ̸͉͓̜̯̪̓̍̏̿̇̊̈̕ṅ̵̤͙̞͒̆̿̓'̷̡̛͔̮̩̬̠͙̝͎͐̈͊͒t̴͓̊̈́ ̷̧̞͚͔͈̓̐̆m̵̨̺̰̣̠̟͒̉͗̈́͐̎̎a̵̧̗̬̻̯͛͛͆̾͌͝k̷̛͔͊̾͋͠͠e̷̪̯͆ ̴͈͎̟̝̱̥͍͎̖̩̈́̔̔͝m̷̩̪̞̙̲̪͈̹͙̆̆͊̆͗͘͝e̷̢̨͓͖͈͓͖̬̼̪̅̋ ̷̧͕̭̹͚̰͇̮̩͆͗͊̈́̏͆̓͘͜͝g̶̮̼͙̫͒̇͋͊̇͛̿̄̕o̵͙̹̝̣̩̫̱̖͕̣̒͝ ̸̧͍̱̽̍̎̈́̏͒͑͑̕b̶̦̻̾̆̈́̈́̋̓a̶͓̻̭͕͐́̿͂̉̓̿͘͘͝c̴̠̼̠͆̋ͅk̶̛͓͚͖̙͖̞̏́͐̑̂͐̿͒,̶̞̣̤̖͚͉͒̈̽ͅ ̴̨͇̘̳̃̊̈́̈́͑̈́̉p̸̦̻̬̹̻̓̎̋̾͒̈́͘l̶̨̢͈̜͖̮̟̇̓͛̓͘e̶̡̨̛̜͚̫͔̩̞̼͕͗͌̐̿̋͊͝͝ả̸̟͖̼̲̈̾̏̾̌̿͛͝s̴̛̮͖͔̺̊̓̎̍͑̈́ȩ̴̛̳̥̤̟͔̳̭̼̽ ̷̢̩͓̙̤͇͈͈͍̈́̍̋͋̀͗̎̇͊͜d̴̺̘̤͉̻̰͚̥̭͝ͅō̴̢͈͖̬̣̩̭̙̔̈̋̔͘͜͝ñ̸͖̖͙̩̊͝'̸̪̺̜̭̬͍͈̇̋̿t̷̢̨̮̠͕̣̠̘̮̓̌̃̊̓ ̶̢̧̨̭̠̦͑̽̆͊͐ͅm̴̢̪͔̼̗̪͈̫̊̿̔̓̃̃̆̍̕ą̴̺̙̺̈͌̇̋͝͠k̷̛̠̖̺̈́͠ȩ̵̣̹̩͉̯̠͛̐͜ͅ ̷̢͍̦̮͔̠͂̍m̷̛̛̰̙̟̗̝̜̜̤̦͙̈e̶̡̳̘͖̭̖̫̼̩͓͌̂̏ ̵̨̰̞͔̳̥̭͎̞͛̍͛̕g̴͍̦̲͇̠͋ǫ̶̤͕̼̝̳̩̇̓ ̷̧̨̛̤̲̓̇̅̾̌̃t̵͍̙̘̥͓̳͖̔̆̍͊̾̍͠͝h̴̢̡̬͉̞͇̱͎̋r̸͕̻̺̂̈́͂̉̾̍̄̋͆͝ô̷̡̜̞̰̥̜̙̞̿̏̓̅̉̿͐ư̶̡͉͚̙͛͌̍̑̇́͘ģ̸̛̟̬̪̟̤͙͍̠͕̽̌̃̽͊̅̍̚͝h̴̫̱͕̫̯̊̔̈́͋̐̈͋͊̇̋ ̴̛͈̥̟͚̹̀̍̋̑̆̊͠t̴̟͑h̷̝̟̟̀å̴̯̠̫̜̰͍̦̿͛t̵̼̺̫͙̟̋͌̑̉͊̚ ̶̹͆̾́̐̃̊͆͘ȟ̶̨̛̗̯͍̜̜̟͎͇̎̈́͝ȩ̷̲̱͚͉͇̟͈̈̈̇l̴̮͔̞̬̫̱͋̉͑̆̊̌ͅl̷̡̛̩͙̿͌̊͠ ̶̛̻̻̈́̊͋̕̚̚a̴̩̅̔̆̋̿̍͑g̷͖̻̺̖̈́a̸̢̛̭̮̤͔̭̠̤̘͓̓ị̵̬̦͈̤̟̰̖̼͕͆̾͑ņ̶̧̨̞̫̟͇͕͛̋̂̓.̴̧͕̖̮̩̠̲̗͕̞̑͒̍͆͘͘̕ ̴̛̼͙͎̜͓͎̮̦̼̿̈́̑̊̏̋̂̈I̵͚͌̾̀͂ ̸̥͔̰̫̘̲̦͉̗̈́͋̀̊̆̈́̿̆͝j̵̼̭̘̭͈̓͆͠

̝̞̝̩͂ͣ͒͊͌͝ͅW̡͎̺͚̗̝̋̇̑̊̂ͣ͝H̄͊ͪͥ̏̎̓͊͏͎̩Ỹ̶̗̺͈͙̯̼̀ͭ̿͠ ̬̟̘ͪ̔ͦ̓̀̊ͬD͎̻̣̺̱̬̪̽̕Ö̶̱̉ͭ͌ͭ͡ͅN̢̬̥ͩ͑ͣͣ̌̓'̶̌ͣͩ͏͉̗̫͍̼̬͙͝T̑ͩͬͦͪͩ̾̚҉̪̖̝͠͠ ͈̥́̌̉Y̗̣̤̑͒͆͛̂̎ͤ̀Oͭ̃̌ͯ̔͏̻̪̫̝̪Ư̟̙̮̗͖̭͎̻̌ͨ̓ͮ͂͗ͥ͑ ̷̞͍͇̣ͪ͑̅̑͛͞͝D̵̲̩̬̦̯͂ͬͣͧͣ̃ͧ̚͠O̵͙̿͑̃͒͋ ̬̳͇̫̥̄͊ͭĔ̠͓͖͖̹̹͑̽ͪ̇V̭͚̣͖̤͕̬ͪ̊ͥ̎̓͊́̉͡E͇̫̻͛͋R̨͓̱̲̣̀ͩ͐͒̄͊̈́Y̢͍͍̜̙̠ͧ̐ͣ͂̀͢͞ͅÖ͈̖̭̼̭͎̥ͣ͋̑ͧ̾̉̐͜͡Ń̞̭̮̟̗̫͇̈͡Ĕ̠̻͚͍̯̭̻̪̔̿͋̒͝͠ ̢̗͙̹̯̤ͪ̍͜Ȁ̶̬̥̪͎̖̥̠͚͈̾̎̽̔͌͢ ̷̸̮̩̲̯̝͍̾ͧͪ̿͗͡F̰̝͇͈̥͒̈ͫ̇͐̈ͦ̚Ȃ͙͕͙ͭ̌̍̊̐ͩ͘V̩͇̄̌ͫ̽̄͊ͤO̴͈͛ͣ̒͆̈́ͦ͡R̵̨̜̘͚ͤͬ̃̽ͬ͆ͥ̾͊̕ͅ ̸̵̣͖̘̲͚̱̮͇͗̎ͭ̎̑A̭͈̟͖̖̞ͧ̈͂ͯ̈́̌͂͘Nͤ̍҉̤̫̠͎̕D̛̟̯͙̞͔ͪ̉̐̆ͪ́ ̰̰͈̖̪ͤ͒̾ͯJ̴̼̝͓̖̆ͭ̔̍ͤ͒̕͘ͅU̳̖̹̼͖̻͈̫̓̂ͩ̉͐̿ͬ͒̍S̛͚̣̰̹̗͙̫ͭͧ̃ͥ͝Ṯ̬͖̝̻̮̲͋́̆ͭͮ͠ ̰̳͇̖͎̊͊̊̃ͥ͐͛͟D͉̮̗̯̮͆ͫ͊͛̓ͫ̀̈̍I͌͒̅ͤ̉͑̈́҉̟̖͍E̸ͮ͒̅̎ͦ̏ͧ̚͏̨̝̫͚͔͚?̇҉͏̜̼̟̯̘̜

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The darkness consumed his heart...

*End Flashback*

Niko groaned from his sleep and his head started banging after going through a nightmare.

He shook his head and waited for the banging to stop. After a couple of minutes, his senses came back to him.

Niko: *Sighs* Another episode from the past.

Niko thought he buried his past away and forget all about the memories of that horrible day.

He didn't want to remember...

The day he received his quirk. The day his parents gave him up to the church. The day he was subjected to horrible experiments inside the church. The day he forced to be "baptized". It all happened due to his quirk.

They left him...because of his quirk...

They also didn't want society knowing that their child...was a "demon".

Niko: That's the same when it comes to parents. Pressure. Expectations. Disappointment.

High expectations can be motivating and encouraging...but the pressure of can lead to avoidance, anxiety and low self-esteem.

All this would then lead to disappointment.

Niko: Fearing of how society would see them. They did all that to me...which led to that dumb psychological torment the church put me through. I guessing that's just how parents are...when they are dealing with failures and financial problems in life. They want their child to take their place and become successful. So...

They turned their children into their own dolls...

No one ever listens...

Instead of listening to the pleads of an innocent child. The parents overreacted and in turn, turned him over to the church so they focus on their more "perfect" child.

Believe or not, parents are the first people that will destroy a child's hopes, wishes, and dreams!!!

Tsume Yamikage.

Niko's real name...

A name he decided to forget about a long time ago.

Just the thought of the name. Bothered him so much.

Niko: People always say to forget about the past and move on to the future. Ha...what a laugh.

An ludicrous hypocritial empty thought.

He thought about the other League Of Villains.

Who they truly are and why they were here today.

He knew everything about them.

Dabi was actually Touya, the supposed "DEAD" eldest son of Enji Todoroki aka Endeavor. He self-harmed himself thanks to his quirk.

Toga Himiko choose the path of a villain because she hated her "normal" life. Heck, he wouldn't be surprised if she was born a serial killer.

Spinner was discriminated by others.

Twice was an outcast because of his quirk. His only friend is his quirk. How sad...

Mr. Compress has a habit of monologuing and showing off his entertainer skills. Those flaws however got him rejected by society and it turned him into a villain..

Shiromi's quirk had her executed in her first life. Niko missed her. He'll never forgive Overhaul for "exorcising" her soul into nonexistent. All that work Niko had done to rise her spirit from the grave was all for naught.

Before her end by Overhaul as well, Magne was treated unfairly by society because of her being transgender and wished to put of a stop to the tryanny of the hero system.

Shigaraki accidentally killed his family when his quirk was active...but he did purposely killed his father for another reason and AFO took him under his wing showing him cruel society of the hero ecosystem.

...Like moving on is going to do anything when the past still haunts you...

Niko: Hikari...

The name he spoke.

Left a bitter disgust taste in his tongue.

Liar.

Niko: Tsk...

Suddenly, his angry mood had shifted into his quirky smile.

Niko: Oh well. Can't keep reminiscing on the past~! Now it's time to deal with today's mission.

Taking down Giantomachima.

*Later*

Niko met up with the League Of Villains in the forest awaiting for Giantomachima to show up.

Niko: Hey guys? Am I late?

Juurou: Barely. Did you sleep in?

Niko: Nightmares of the past...Rather not talk it.

Juurou: Oh....

Miyumi: Understandable.

Like Niko, Juurou and Miyumi have their own skeletons in the closet that are yet to be revealed.

The same goes for the voodoo brothers: Remy and Teddy.

The shadows slasher in turned decided to bully Shigaraki.

However, Niko had noticed Shigaraki is hardly giving any angry comments back. The guy used to be always throw a tantrum and tries to kill him....but over the past few months, Niko begin to see that Shigaraki is slowly changing into an actual leader.

From better to worst...Niko didn't really care.

Afterall...Shigaraki is just another pawn in Niko's own game just like how Niko is to Shigaraki.

Shigaraki: Niko...

Niko: Yes~~~?

Shigaraki: I've noticed you been also pulling some strings lately...

Niko:....And are you going to get in my way?

A small tense atmosphere came around the villains as they stared at the two expecting a fight.

Shigaraki:...As long as it doesn't ruined our plans aganist the heroes, do whatever you want.

Niko: YOSH~! XD

The other villains let out sighs of relief. Last thing they want is one of them to try and kill each other. Though Toga seem a bit pleased by that thought while Dabi didn't give a shit about what's going on. Niko knew because the burnt up villain had his own plans.

Remy: So why is the Meta Liberation Army trying to summon us to their base?

Teddy: Yeah. This must be a trap.

Shigaraki: Since the phone call from earlier, they claimed they have one of our own with us. You remember Giran right...? Re-Destro has him captive.

Twice: We still need to rescue him!

Teddy: Calm down. It could be a trap like I said.

Remy: Teddy has a point. If we act rashly, we'll just be playing into their hands.

Twice: But we gotta go save him like right now!

Toga: Giran might already be dead though. Everything those guy said could be a lie. All that we have is his word.

Dabi: Funny...for someone who dropped out of Highschool, you're pretty smart to be the voice of reason.

Toga ignored him while facing her comrades.

Toga: I'm worried about Giran too. It's thanks to him, I managed to met you all. But let's think for a moment.

Niko: Yeah...

Juurou: Niko?

Niko:....

*Flashback*

*Crash*

Months before he joined the League Of Villains.

Guy: Auuugh! My hand!

A large claw mark was soon on his hand as the man was bleeding heavily.

Niko: There's plenty more where that came from. Now get lost...

In the streets of Hosu City, Niko Nikomatsu had made the alleyways his turf.

After narrowly escaping the hellhole that used to be his "home". He resided on the streets.

Niko: Tsk...Fucking bastards.

He dealt with juvenile delinquents to violent gang members. Some he had hurt...some he had killed...

Niko: It's like the world decided to screw me over...*Sighs* So much for being a hero.

Why would he want to be a hero anymore. After all...they are the reason why he's in this mess...

The church that tortured and tormented him for years...was governed by the hero society.

Niko:....

Suddenly, he heard footsteps nearby. Niko gotten into a fighting position, pulling out his claws.

He then see a strange middle aged man wearing a purple suit and glasses. He looked shady.

Man: Whoa. Calm down kid. I'm not gonna hurt you. Though I hope you don't do the same.

Niko: What do you want?

Man: Word around the street gets by pretty quickly. I heard so much about you. It's an honor to meet the notorious shadow slasher.

Niko: To what do I owe the pleasure of...Mr...

Giran: Giran...You can call me Giran...Say Kid. I got an offer for you...

Niko:....Which is...?

Giran: *Smirks* How you like to become a villain?

QOTD: Why did Niko's twin abandoned him and where do you think their whereabouts could be?