From The Ashes

Recruits

With a quick nod a portal opened up on the other side of the room. After a few moments Giren walked through holding an unlit cigarette.

"Hey there kiddo, it's been awhile. Do you mind giving me a quick light?"

Midoriya snapped and a small flame ignited the tip of his cigarette. After taking a few puffs, Giren smiled before ducking his head through the portal. A few moments after he brought his head back a boy wearing a school uniform walked through the portal. He looked like he may have been a little older than Midoriya.

"This kid here goes by the name Mustard. He's still in high school, but he sought me out so I figured I'd give him a chance."

Shigaraki sent a glare at Giren before turning back to Mustard. "Why the hell did you come here? This isn't a place to joke around, you know."

"I'm tired of people looking down on me. I want to show the world that it doesn't matter where you come from or where you go, all that matters is how you use what you have."

Shigaraki raised an eye at Mustard. "Is that it?"

Mustard tensed up as he nervously scratched his neck. "I... uh... My quirk allows me to produce a gas that knocks people unconscious. Even though it's not physically a part of me I can detect where people are at based on its current."

Shigaraki shot a quick glance over to Midoriya who merely shrugged.

"That's enough, send the next one in Giren."

Giren laughed as he grabbed the kid by the collar and pulled him back. "You heard the man."

The next person to come through was a girl wearing a school uniform. She had a feral smile that could send a chill down your spin.

"Damn it Giren, did you only bring me high schoolers?"

"Hey, this girl may look like your typical high schooler, but she's actually the main suspect in multiple murder cases. In each of the cases the victims have been drained of all their blood."

Shigaraki looked back at the girl who was still smiling as if she didn't have a care in the world. "Is she insane?"

Giren scratched his cheek as he looked away. "I honestly don't kn-"

"Aww don't be like that mister." The girl interrupted him before he could finish. "I'm not crazy, there's just so many wonderful things in this world. There's Mr. Stainy, blood, people who are bleeding, blood, Mr. Phoenix, blood-"

"Alright, we get it you like blood. So why do you want to join us?"

The girl's eyes narrowed, changing her entire demeanor. The happy go lucky school girl was gone and the eyes of a predator locked onto Shigaraki. Tension filled the room as the two stared each other down, but just as quick as the tension filled the room it disappeared as she went back to smiling.

"Right, my name's Himiko Toga and I want to meet Mr. Stainy, I want to be Mr. Stainy, I want to kill Mr. Stainy. But he's in jail now so I can't do that at the moment."

"Right... is there anything else?"

"This world's too hard to live in. I want to make this world a place that's easy to live in and everyone can be themselves without worry."

"Alright, well, send the next one in."

Toga ignored Shigaraki and walked right over to Midoriya and sat on the table so she was right in front of him. Her eyes locked onto his.

"Hey Mr. Phoenix, is it true that you and Mr. Stainy worked together?"

Midoriya nodded. "Yeah, and you can drop the Mr., it's not necessary."