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Edit(10/13/2021): Fix some grammar mistakes here and there. As well to change Stein as Crona's last fake name

Edit(2/12/2024): Fix some spelling and grammar mistakes.

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"Your mission in this new world is to find out more about this All For One person and what project he was working on with Medusa. Good luck!"

That was 3 months ago and they made little progress since then. History books and the internet had little to no facts of All For One. When that got them nowhere Stein suggested they question criminals or gang members, and sure enough, they have more information. Even then it's not solid enough to get a lead. Most they got out of them, was All For One was supposed to be this dark overlord that ruled over Japan for years until suddenly he just disappeared. Most of them believe that All For One was just a made-up story, while others said some hero might have gotten him a long time ago. Which still brought them back to square one.

Crona sighs and headdesks the kitchen table infusion thinking about this.

"Crona, are you alright?" Marie asked her.

"I'm fine Marie...just frustrated," Crona told her honestly. Marie gave her a small smile and sat down next to her.

"I know it's a pain to wait but remember, these things just take time." Marie reminds her.

Crona picks her head up, "I know. I know. I'm just... not used to this waiting game."

"I know, Crona. We just need to wait for the right moment." Marie told them softly.

"I think I might found a way," Stein spoke up as he entered the room which surprised both of them. Crona straightens up and Marie offers Stein tea after they have gotten over Stein's arrival.

"So did you have any luck?" Marie asked him as they all gathered around the table to eat dinner. Stein shook his head and Crona felt Ragnarok's rage before he popped out of his back.

"What the hell four eyes?! I thought out of all of these losers you might be the one who figured all of this out! But nope! You haven't! I'm going to staple your glasses on your head for the bastard!" Ragnarok shouted at Stein. Who barely acknowledges the demon spawn.

"I have an idea of where to look next." Crona and Marie look at this, "I believe the best course of action is to work for the Hero Commission." Stein answered which confused Crona.

"But why?" She asked Stein.

"Because most likely All For One lack of history is the government's doing. If it wasn't for Medusa's notes and people talking about him like he's some sort of boogeyman then most people won't believe he's real at all." He started to explain, "The only reason this is that he must have done something that the government feels like they have to erase him from history. So working with them might give us some clue." He explained. Marie and Crona nodded it did make a lot of sense too. But Crona feels like it's going to take a long while because Stein is well-known in their world as a meister. Around here he's just a doctor that has a screw in his head.

Crona looked at the clock and realized 9:30.

"I'm going to bed," Crona announced as she got up ahead of her room.

Marie looked surprised, "It's not that late. You can stand up for a little while Crona."

"I have to get up early to get liberty tomorrow," Crona explained to Marie.

Stein watched her closely and said, "Be careful there, Crona. I heard there were sights of gangs out in that."

Crona paused at the door and then turned and told Stein, " Don't worry I can hold it." With that, she closed the door and Stein narrowed his eyes at her.

Crona sat down at the train. People were chatting or looking at their phones. Which made Crona happy. She likes to blend into the background. It keeps her under less stress.

As soon as the train its destination. Crona quickly got up from her and out of the tunnel to the city. Crona never liked the city. It was too crowded and noisy for her taste. She pulls her black hoodie up and walks up to the surface.

She walked around a bit when she noticed a crowd of people gathering outside of a building. Up she saw a crowd looking up at one of the buildings. Pulling up their phones as two people fight on the up high both flying in the air but one has the upper hand as he keeps running the other heroin circles.

"It's pro-hero Hawks!" One of the people in the crowd exclaimed and cheers rang on as the hero and villain fought on. Crona found that the fact citizens in this world weren't running away from a fight was sometimes a bit disturbing. Back in her world people had a lot more sense to run and hide from danger. It is strange, to say the least. But the weirdest part was the sun and the moon. They have no faces and you can't hear their laughs, unlike her world. When Crona first saw the sun she looked in disbelief at a bright star that had no face. Marie had to remind her not to look at the sun for too long because it hurt her eyes.

Crona then spotted movement from the ally. She makes sure no one is looking before going in herself. Crona put on her mask and pulled her hood up to hide her hair. The alley leads to a park a lot where Crona sees a bunch of thug-looking people gather around the van. So she sticks to the shadows to keep out of sight and look around.

"Hurry up! We get the drugs before more heroes show up!" One of them ordered the others. Crona looked around the area. It was mostly an empty-packed lot with a few cars. There were only two exits: the ally and the chain-link gates.

'Two exits and both are in different directions.' Crona thought as she looked around, 'This isn't going to be easy. I need to catch them at once.' She eyed the thugs the one giving out the order was small and not helping to carry the big bags there. Judging by looks he seems to be the weakest. Three bigger ones were Carrying the bags while two smaller ones helped them. They have lizard quirks judging by the fact they look like a cross between a lizard and a human.

'If take out the 6 thugs and then stop the van I captured them,' Crona planned out. It was time to do the 'I'm so helpless act.' Crona has been doing this kind of stuff for a while. Even before she helps Stein gather information from the gangs. She was trained to kill at an early age by her mother. True, Medusa never let her go on mission alone but she was only there to get Crona out of trouble when things go south. But you don't want Medusa's help when you're in trouble. It's worse than death. So she picks out targets and plans her kills.

So making sure no one watching where she was. Crona darts between cars to get closer to the van. Once she was close enough 'trip' and fell making an 'oof' sound as she fell.

"What was that?" One big thug asked and the gang stopped what they were doing and looked to where Crona had fallen.

"Oh, it's just some kid." One thug said before walking toward her. She plays up the fear act well by looking for an escape route and looking ready to bolt at any minute.

"Just take her and go! If a hero shows up then we could use a hostage to use a hostage like her. So bring her along" The leader ordered as two big thugs got up and cornered her. Once they were within striking distance of her. She summons her sword and hits both of the guys on the side of their heads. Stunning them Crona did a front flip to get behind them and smack them in the back of the heads to knock them out. The other thugs looked shocked but quickly jumped into action.

"Get her!" The leader yelled and the rest of the gang surrounded her. She didn't have time to think why before ducking under a flying fist. It was flying toward her one at her like one of the rubber toys that kids play with. Crona rushed forward to catch the rubber man off guard and succeeded in doing so, but then a gust of wind knocked her to the side before she landed a hit. Crona crashed into a car and looked up.

"Don't try to fight us, kid. It's only going to end up badly for you." One of the smaller thugs said to her as they started closing in on her

Crona took in a deep breath, "Screech Alpha!" With a downward slash from her sword, a disfigured face-like projectile was thrown forward toward the thug in front of her. It happened so fast that he couldn't move away in time. The impact sends the man to the ground, kicking up a dust cloud. Everyone held their breath for the dust cloud to disappear and to see the man wasn't dead but knocked out. Crona sighs in relief. She didn't want to kill the man even if he was part of a gang. She still isn't used to holding back.

Suddenly she was picked up from behind and threw violently to the ground.

"Quickly! Grab her!" The rubber man ordered. Crona tried to throw him off but she was already picked up by the other smaller thug who looked like a cross between a snake and a man.

"Sorry about this kid." The snake man said before opening his mouth and biting down on Crona's neck. Only to find that his fang couldn't sink any deeper after breaking Crona's skin.

"Yumie! What's taking so long?! Unleash your venom and knock the kid out!" But no matter how hard Yumie Used his fangs it will not sink any deeper. It was like trying to bite a rock. Crona used this chance to push the thug off and in the process break off Yumie's fangs. While the thug screams in pain she smacks him in the back of the head and he falls unconscious.

"What the hell? This kid isn't normal! Boss, what do we do?" One of the last thugs asked his boss, eyes wide at the pink-haired child.

There were rumors of a pink-haired teen who carried a black sword that was taking out small-time gangs. Most people thought it was just vigilantes getting ahead of themselves. But what the boss is seeing right now is a real deal to him.

"It's the Blacksword Man! We have to run!" The leader yelled as he ran into the van. It didn't matter that he left the drugs or his followers behind. All that matters is getting away.

"Hey!" The last thug looked at the speedy van that was getting away, "What the hell?! YOU'RE SERIOUSLY TO GOING LEAVE US HERE?!"

Crona eyes the gates holds out her arm and cuts her arm with her sword. With a quick movement of her wrist, black blood flew through the air and sliced up at the space between the van and the gates.

Boom!

Crona put too much power into that attack because the van was destroyed and on fire.

"Boss!" The thug cried as he ran toward the burning van. Crona follows suit.

'Please don't be dead. Oh please don't be dead.' Crona thought as they looked over the burning vehicle. But nobody was found. They both looked confused until they heard a new voice.

"Looking for this?" Crona and the last thug turned to see a man flying above them with large red wings. He is of average height with a slim and narrow build. He has feathery ash blonde hair swept messily backward with some of the front tufts sticking up in arcs above his head, noticeable thick eyelashes, and some faint stubble on his chin.

"The pro-hero Hawks?" The thug said as he took a step back. Crona cursed under her breath. She was usually careful to avoid heroes during her vigilante activities. But she guessed that she lost track of the hero's fight and her beating up the thugs.

The thug turned to run but then fell. Crona saw that Feathers stabbed the thug in the back. Crona felt herself being pushed forward and turned to look at the same red feather bouncing off of her back.

"Oh?" Hawks tilted his head in his failed attack. But before Crona could do anything, Hawks appeared before her so fast that Crona just looked stunned at him. Then a sharp pain hit her at the back of her head and she went out like a light.

Crona swings her feet back and forth while sitting on a bench in the cell. While she could break out easily, Crona could sense multiple souls in the building, and the Hawks guy was here and close by.

"You idiot Crona!" Ragnarok shouted as hit Crona with his little arms. Even in his weakened state Ragnarok still packs a punch, "You should've paid more attention! Now we got caught!"

"I'm sorry!"

"Sorry don't mean sh-"

"Crona?" Crona raises her head to see one of the policemen in front of her cell, "Your parents are here to get you." Crona shivered at this. She did not want to face Stein and Marie right now.

The guard noticed the nervous look on Crona's face and laughed, "I know kid, but keep your parents waiting and there will be hell to pay." Crona sighed and followed the guard outside the bars. They walk through the hallways and lead into a small room with Stein and Marie already there sitting down on chairs with a desk and an older lady sitting across from it.

"Crona!" Marie got up from her chair and hugged Crona. She didn't see this coming and stiffed up a bit but then Crona relaxed and hugged her back.

"I'm sorry I worry you," Crona mumbled.

Marie stiffed and then pulled back to scowl at her, "When we get back home we're going to have a long talk missy." Her expression softened a bit when she saw Crona looking downcast. Before she could say anything a new voice called out to them.

"Mr. and Mrs. Stein, please have Crona sit down with you. We have a lot to talk about." An older lady sat in front of them and Marie and Crona took to their seats. Crona noticed that off to the side Hawks was there. He noticed that she was watching him and when he turned his gaze toward her Crona looked down.

"As I told your parents young Crona your family will have to pay a fine for your crime and you need to spend some time in community service." Crona looked down, "And this will be on your public record."

Crona looked up at the lady in shock, "B-but-" She looked at Stein who had a blank expression on his face. But that just makes her feel worse. She might just ruin his chance of getting into the Hero Commission.

"Come on Director," Hawks spoke up, "Tell them about the offer." Crona tilted her head, what offer? She looked at Stein and Marie but they had stern expressions on their faces. So Crona gulped nervously.

"What offer?" Crona asked them.

"You see Crona, Hawks here have been following your case for a while now. And I have to say I'm impressed." The director said she pulled out one of the files she had and opened it for them. Pictures of gangs she put down and left for the police were in the folder. Crona felt cold sweat drip down the back of her neck as she looked back at Hawks.

'How long has he been following me?' Crona thought she eyed worry at the wing hero who just gave her a smug look.

"Your child has a good grasp on their quirk and could make for a good hero if they go to the right school." The director stated and Stein narrowed his eyes.

"So you want Crona here for the Hero Program you guys were talking about?" Stein asked, eyed the old woman across from him.

"No, We only take those that have special cases for that." The director answered. Was it Crona or did the Hawks shift a bit?

"There's is a new program for people like Crona." The director started to explain, "It's called Vigilantes Program is a scholarship where we find some promising vigilantes and put them in hero schools to train them to become heroes."

"And what will Crona get from this program?" Stein asked, which surprised Crona. Was he...

Marie pulled Stein aside and hissed in a low tone, "Shouldn't wait until Crona makes their choice honey?" Marie tightened her grip on Stein's shoulder at the last part.

"I'm just seeing what they offer for Crona here. It will be up to Crona to decide if they want to go for it or not." Stein answered and gave her a look that said, 'We talk later.'

"Anyhow," The director started again after Stein and Marie's little talk was over, "What this program will give to your child is not only a clean record but a chance to become a hero." Crona looked down when she saw the director was looking at her, "In exchange, Crona will intern under the Hero Commission during and after their school year."

"And what if Crona refuses?" Marie asked.

"Then they have to spend the community service for 1 year as well as pay for damages they cause. Also, this will appear on their record." Crona flinched at that. She can hold community service and work to pay the damages but having a public record is bad not only to yourself but to your family as well. She might just ruin Stein's chances of getting a job here.

Crona looked at Stein worried. There were no emotions that Crona could but his eyebrow furrowed a bit.

"But if Crona accepts then they get a scholarship to U.A in the hero course." The director said. Crona looked at Marie and Stein who looked less pleased with this.

"Can I talk to my parents about this?" Crona asked the director.

"Of course but you can't leave here until we have an answer." The director warns her and the 'family' goes out of the room and into the hallway. Once they made sure they were alone Marie spoke up first.

"Can you believe that women!" She whispered in a low voice so they won't be overheard, "You have a choice my ass! They're giving Crona little to no choice in the matter."

Stein nodded grimly, "I knew they were looking at Crona's vigilante record beforehand but I didn't think they did this." He saw the looks that Marie and Crona were giving him and raised an eyebrow

"What?"

"You-" Marie stopped because she was getting too loud and so she hissed in a lower tone, "You knew that Crona was going out doing vigilante work and you just let her?"

Stein for his credit didn't flinch away from Marie as Crona did, "I knew that the Hero Commission looks for vigilantes kids that have good skill and I notice that Crona has been going out a lot in the area where there's been a lot of gang activity. But I didn't think they would treat them like this."

"Still you shouldn't use her like that! We need to be more open and honest with each other." Marie told him.

"Sorry, Crona. I didn't think they would force it on you as they did. I won't use you like that again." Stein apologized to her.

"It's ok I forgive you," Crona told him. She knew Stein wasn't like other people. She heard when he was a small child he had urged to experiment on people and kill them. But Stein learned to control these urges. This must have been a hard thing to do as Crona still struggles to control their urges to blend in with society.

"I th-think," She stuttered before taking in a deep breath, "I'll take up their offer." Both Marie and Stein looked at Crona in shock.

"Crona if you feel pressured then you don't have to do it. We can find another way." Marie told her but Crona shook her head.

"Stein is right, we haven't found any answers yet and the Hero Commission might have the answers we need. If not then maybe being in the Hero business might help." Crona explained and Marie's and Stein's eyes softened at that.

"So are you ready to become a hero and join the U.A?" Stein asked her.

Crona answered, "If that's what it takes then yeah I'll become a hero."

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