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Rapidly pulling out his makeshift tablet and making sure it’s connected to the monitor setup, he grabs the microphone before running on the stage giving a shit-eating grin to the crowd- not that they could see it due to the mask.
“Heyy everybody~ I'm a guest DJ; gonna hit you with my new single.”
A few cheered drunkenly while the majority stared at the stage skeptically before erupting in chatter.
“Omg is that Nobody?!”
“The vigilante that recently went viral for pantsing Endeavor??”
“Hahaha, yea, the one that Endeavor called a B*stard on live television”
“Wth is he doing here? Should we call the cops?”
“HolySh*t, I love this guy!”
Holding in a cackle, he makes eye contact with exasperated blue eyes before winking and pressing play.
“SECURRRITYYYYY-” He yells. Gun fire could be heard as he pointed a finger gun at the bald gangster sitting on the upper floor staring at him with venom, “kABOOM!”
***
Multiple people dressed all in black and red scrambled past.
“Jesus f*ck-, I can’t believe I let him talk me into this.” A heavily scarred man muttered as he took the opportunity given by the green haired nuisance to sneak in the door clearly labeled ‘Employees Only’.
They’d been meaning to take down the Red Hog Gang for a while but there have always been bigger baddies to take on first. That is until rumors started going around about them starting to deal in Trigger. Needless to say, the Red Hogs immediately moved up on their ‘Pest Control’ list.
A few days-and broken bones-later, their headquarters were narrowed down to a surprisingly popular Nightclub that he was coincidentally sneaking into currently.
More footsteps could be heard around the upcoming corner and he doesn’t bother to hide as he rounds it grabbing the upcoming figure and slamming their head against the wall, not even slowing in stride as he watches them drop like a bag of bricks.
He didn’t have any time to waste getting all the necessary information on the gang's suppliers before having to go back and help the brat deal with the big boss. They had 6 minutes max before the heroes and cops busted the joint so every second counted.
Continuing forward, he scoffs as he heard his pseudo brother continue singing in the background.
***
“AHHHHH!!” The crowd screamed. Many having already pulled out their phones to record (or in a surprisinglyfew cases call the police).
“Once upon a time a kid that’s sus
Running from our guys in Tartarus
Playing with a little toy
A little bit' a joy
He is da man
Da Basta Boi-”
Multiple figures could be seen trying and failing to wade through the frenzying crowd.
“The Fuck, Where’s Jimmy?! Shouldn’t they be on stage right now? Why isn’t anyone near the stage answering their comms?” One figure complained right before being whacked in the face with a glowstick.
-Dull thumping could be heard from a janitor's closet somewhere.-
“I don’t know man but the boss is pissed. We gotta kick that kid’s a** asap. I prefer keeping all my limbs.” The figure next him responded, shoving people aside.
“Hiding in the city Musutaf(u)
Running from a man the ruff and corrupt
Playing with a little toy
A little bit' a joy
He is da man
Da Basta Boi”
“WOO-” The green and black clad vigilante yelled as he did a backflip on stage, making the crowd shriek even louder as the music blasted.
One particular livestream of a semi-popular vlogger had a viewership rating already 3 times higher than their highest view count which was increasing exponentially each second.
- There’s no way that’s actually Nobody right??
- ASLKHCUICN MY HUSBAND!!!
- didn’t I just see him jumping on a kidnapper’s moving van a few days ago?? why’s he causing trouble agin so soon
- My guys dissing Endeavor again hahaha
- I’d like to say it’s not Nobody but considering his usual stunts… it’s probably him
- Where are the Heroes?
- OMG I didn’t know he could sing!! GO GREENIE GO
- Looks like security is making their way to him. Though they’re taking forever
The scrolling text seemed to suddenly freeze as the figure on stage began… breakdancing?!?
After a few seconds of silence, comments came in like a flood.
The already roaring audience became even more thunderous as they jumped up and down to the beat.
***
Dabi punched a figure with antlers and singed clothes. When they kneeled over to catch their breath, he promptly knocked them out with a knee to the face. Walking past multiple flaming crates filled with vials of unidentifiable liquid, he kicked down the door to what looked to be an office.
Making his way around the desk placed in the center back, he quickly plugs a USB into the pc before rustling through the drawers along the wall. Finding nothing of interest, he makes his way back to the desk. He pulls on the desk drawer to find it locked.
Well, time to try out that new trick , He figured. Hope I don’t burn anything important.
Lighting a fire at the tip of his finger, he slowly tightens the flames before bringing it to the lock. If everything goes to plan, he’ll destroy only the lock and nothing inside.
Unfortunately, this new trick wasn’t his idea. The Hellions been insisting on him training his quirk and have been coming up with new tips and tricks for him to use. Blahblah risking infection blah missed opportunities blah. Something like that. Though after doing the stupid exercises for a few months the burns have been getting better. Not that he’ll ever admit it.
After seeing what was once a lock now a burnt hole, he yanks the drawer open.
“Fuuu-” He says as he frantically pats out the fire on the edges of multiple sheets inside and luckily, was able to put out the flames before they burn any of the writing on them.
He glances up as the computer beeps and text pops up on the screen.
INFORMATION COPIED ;D
Rolling his eyes, he pulls out the USB before flipping through the papers. Looking at the list of contacts and dates he can’t help but let out a low “whoop”. D*mn Izu’s rubbing off on me.
Dabi stuffs the files in the pockets lining the inside of his coat. Glancing around to make sure he didn’t miss anything, he quickly walks out hoping to get back before the dance floor turns into a mob.
***
“TIME”, Blasted the robotic voice.
Pulling the microphone back to his lips, Izuku continued giving the best performance of his life. He was doing phenomenal. Thank you very much.
“Once upon a time a kid that’s sus
Running from our guys in Tartarus
Playing with a little toy
A little bit' a joy
He is da man
Da Basta Boi”
He can’t remember the last time he had as much fun as he was having now. Sure, pranking the number 2 hero was fun but that gets old after a while. Maybe he should do this more often. Busking? Hmmm, where’d that bald MF go? Eh, should be coming to me soon. Ohh~ those henchmen are almost here. Perfect timing.
“Hiding in the city Musutaf(u)
Running from a man the ruff and corrupt
Playing with a little toy
A little bit' a joy
He is da man
Da Basta Boi”
Izuku quickly shut off the mic as sirens began blasting through the speakers.
The first of the gangsters security had finally made it through the throng of people and stepped onto the stage.
It was a group of three. The two in the back both had mutation quirks- a beaver and snake- and the one in the lead had no obvious quirk tells.
Best to take out the unknown variable, he thought as he chucked the microphone at the dude in the front. The microphone hit his head, knocking him back a few steps. Disoriented, he was unable to prepare for the oncoming drop kick.
“Breaking news right now, a hero pursuit
This is the suspect out of the car running on the free-way
Let’s go to-”
Izuku was actually pretty proud of this song. He even added a clip from the first time he was on the news! His mom would be so proud. He’d wipe away the imaginary happy tears if he wasn’t busy having a snake in a headlock. He didn’t have any plans getting venomed - wait no, isn’t the word envenomation or something? Wow, I'm so smart - today.
Pulling a makeshift taser out of one of his many many pockets, he quickly tases the person in his hold as choking them unconscious would’ve taken too long and he can't pull out his gun and freak out the civilians .
Dodging the punch from the beaver lady, he slides under her arm before tasering her as well.
“Jumpin’ up and down, it’s jumpin up and d-
Time”
The music continued on while the crowd- was still surprisingly pumped. Sure there were a few that looked a bit shocked by the display of violence/ trying to edge their way out of the crowd - probably the only sober ones if we're being honest- but the majority were cheering.
Though there was a hero-watching mentality the public had where they would stop and watch villain/hero fights. Would that make me a hero in their view then since they're cheering? Now's not a time to think about that.
Seeing he had about 30 seconds till more security got there he decided to make the most of it and started dancing again.
***
Dabi finally made it back to the dance floor to see… Izuku on stage. Now that’s what he expected to see. Heck, that’s what he was hoping to see. The surprising part would be that HE’S SPINNING ON HIS HEAD?!?!? SINCE WHEN COULD HE EVEN DO THAT?!?
“ SECURITYYYY ”
The menace to society promptly slid across the floor grabbing the mic and flipping the ON switch before singing the lines:
“He is da man
Da Basta Boi
kAboom”
The music fizzled out as the crowd hollered. Izuku bowed shortly towards the flooded dance floor.
“Gotta head out my peeps- gotta bust out before I get busted if ya know what I mean.”
Dropping the mic dramatically, he swiftly disappeared from the stage.
Cursing internally, Dabi quickly rushes out the front door to sprint around back to meet Izuku at the designated meet up spot where they predicted the big boss would try to cut off Izuku if he didn’t want to make a scene on stage in front of so many witnesses.
As anticipated, he spotted Izuku facing at least 10 people not including the bald Red Hog Boss- What was his name? Bacon? Baton? - that stood slightly to the back with his arms crossed.
Dabi immediately threw out a wave of blue flames between Izuku and half the goons in order to keep him from being surrounded.
He reaches for his waistline, pulling out and unfurling a black whip. Flames slowly lick from his hand, to the handle all the way to the tip of the whip. He flicks it slightly; allowing it to crack loudly against the ground before smirking at the wannabe villains that flinched at the terrifying sight.
-
When he finished incapacitating all the henchmen, Dabi prepared to grab the fleeing Red Hog Boss but Izuku beat him to it. Apparently growing bored of his tasers and electrified escrima sticks, he shot Bacon in the thigh.
“You just had to start dealing in Trigger, Botan. I guess we were going too easy on you.” Nobody said and he sauntered over to the muscular figure on the ground.
“I-I don’t know what you mea-” His words cut off as he lunged towards Nobody. Normally it wouldn’t be that impressive considering he was down a leg but I guess his strength enhancement quirk was good for something because it was a decent attempt and might have worked if his opponent wasn’t a certain green vigilante.
Botan’s hands were met with air as Nobody easily dodged before slamming the handle of the gun against his temple- knocking him out.
Izuku sighed. “Well, that was disappointing. Got what we needed, Crispy? These are just the small fries, we need the meat.” He said as he stretched, swinging his right arm as if he was just now warming up.
“Sure did, Green Goblin. Looks like we're in for a long night.” Dabi responded blankly, already exhausted.