Chapter Three: Pay Then Work

We pan over to Max as he just got back from the incident. "Got the bounty?" Kate asks as she stands on the ceiling. "Couldn't, Allmight was there and you know the rules. Don't mess with the top'' Maddix said as he sat on the couch. Kate turned into a cat and jumped into Max's lap. Max petted her as she purred and then the phone rang. Max picked it up and heard a voice on the other side, "Hello Nightmare or should I say Max, I have a request that will pay well. All I ask is that you do not look into any information regarding Tokiwa. Also I want you to gain information on the teachers at U.A. We both know you and Kate can get in there easily. As for payment I will pay 100,000 Yen now and more if the information you provide is worth it" The voice said. Max thought about it for a moment. "Deal but let me request that whatever you are planning leave me and Kate out of it. You can capture us and what naght to make it seem as though we don't know you but I want no harm to come to us" Maddix said as there was some silence on the phone. "Deal but in return don't mess with my plans unless necessary" The voice said. "It is a pleasure doing business with you" Max said as he hung up. Kate fell asleep as she usually does. 

At the same time a man put down the phone and headed to a room where Tokiwa was. He entered the room. "Father? What do you need?" Tokiwa asked. "I just need you to listen to what I am about to say. There is a hitman known as nightmare. They are actually two people but when together they work like gears in a clock. You know them. They are Max and Kate. From the information I have they were adopted by bounty hunters and were trained from a very young age to kill. I don't know the specifics of their quirks but what we can be sure of is that Max has a quirk that deals with shadows and Kate we know has a cat quirk. From what you told me Kate and Max don't really use their quirks. They have such wonderful and powerful gifts that if they were incompitent like so many others I would have taken their abilities. But they are much more mature for their age. They left their caretakers a year or two ago and now live by themselves. I have hired them to find information we need. I am not saying you are not ready but having more people gets me more information quicker" The man said. "So they killed at such a young age?" Tokiwa asked but didn't get a reply as he knew the answer. His father doesn't speak highly of normal people so anyone he finds that has great potential he wants to use. "So you should stay close to them. You are my son but they have much more experience in killing than most villains under me. It always surprises me how kids in their upper teens could become cold blooded killers" The man said. "How many have they killed?" Tokiwa asks. "Even I don't have the number for how many they killed. I don't even know how they kill. Some of the unknown kills have a cut in their throat, some of them have bullets in the back of their heads, some of them even look like some animal or monster killed them in their own homes. I don't know if it was nightmare who killed them but from what I know they have the leasure to deny requests which is hard if you do the hitmen or bounty business since most live from kill to kill ''So because no one has seen them or knows their technique Max and Kate can use their quirks without getting recognized. That is smart on their part, '' Tokiwa said. "I'll have to be weary of them,if they are cold blooded killers they will have no qualms about killing the son of All for One,maybe holding me as a hostage and demanding money or gear would be in their agenda,i'll need to become much stronger if i want to keep my head on my shoulders. No problem,it's not like he hasn't been training me,I just haven't had a proper target to test my improvements on'' Tokiwa thinks to himself as he walks to the training area of the mansion. "Young master,your father would like to speak with you he told me that you've came to a roadblock in your training, it has only been one night but he wants you to be strong enough to take down Almight's successor" Archie said as Tokiwa thanked him.  "I'll be seeing him now then," Tokiwa said as he went to All for One's room. "Yes father?" Tokiwa said as All for One turned to him. "I've noticed that the regiment I had you on isn't working anymore,you've long surpassed these fools in intelligence and power. You will be put through hell these next ten months, with that being said i will personally train you to maximize your quirk efficiency, and finally you will be put through shock therapy with the doctor" All for One said as Tokiwa started to sweat "f-father *gulp* a-are you 100% sure that you want to put me through such training?" Tokiwa asked as All for One began to laugh "I'm 1000% sure,you're already U.A tier in strength and speed but you need to be stronger and faster and smarter,you need to be near perfect if you want to survive. Don't disappoint me" All for One said as Tokiwa was dismissed. We cut to Izuku as he is training with Almight. Izuku has a flashback to what happened when he was on the roof with him "d-do you think that someone without a quirk can become a hero? Do you think that someone who was outcasted and shamed for not having a quirk can rise above the mockery and become a hero" Izuku asked as he hung his head down "if i'm being real with you then no, people like that are better off being policemen or something else,not heroes" Almight said as Izuku was shattered when he heard this "countless nights watching him on my computer,i admire him,he's my idol,the number 1. Hero Almight. I guess what Kachan said was right,I'm useless. Maybe I should swan dive off of the building" Izuku thought as he began to cry. "But,what you displayed out there makes your case special,even through your quirklesness,powerlessness, and your fear you put all of that aside and tried to save your friend. What you did inspired me to act and defeat that sludge monster,i've been tracking him for some time and he kept slipping out of my hands but because of you i was able to capture him and put him away" Almight said as Izuku's face turned from despair to shock "w-wha" Izuku said as Almight continued  "young man what i'm about to ask you  may change your life forever" Almight said as Izuku looked up. "Young man,would you like to become the next vessel of One for All?" Almight asked