Three Months Before Purge Night
CW: Death Implied/Mentioned
“Everyone in their seats,” Aizawa says as he walks to the front, setting down a folder.
The class listens and in five seconds were in their seats. Aizawa looks around the class and opens his folder and presses a button. In big words ‘PURGE NIGHT’ appeared on the board, catching everyone’s attention. They look at their homeroom teacher, wondering where he was going with this. Would he ban them from purge night? Many already argued that futures heroes and heroes should not participate.
But purge night is for everyone. No one can prevent who is involved, only those who are protected and what age one can participate.
“Classes will end soon and you’ll be starting your breaks soon. Again, let us know if you’ll be staying on campus. Onto the business of what’s on the board. We all know about the annual purge. Only two countries participate in this, which is Japan and the United States,” Aizawa explains and has Aoyama to pass out a piece of paper for the class, “And you are all as of now, sixteen. You are now able to participate in this year’s purge.”
“I thought the age was fifteen. Why has it been raised?” Iida asks as he looks at the piece of paper, which contained information.
“The Hero Commission changed it just last month. I have no idea why,” Aizawa sighs and looks at the board, “Purge night is in one month. If you are to participate, I need to know.”
“But why? The point of purge night is to well, kill,” Sero says confused.
“U.A. will be on lockdown. We are under government protection. Not even villains can step in here, which is a small number. So I need to know who will be off campus. You don’t have to say now, but I would like to know before the end of the week. I will keep it anonymous unless you decide to tell the class.”
The class look at each other, wondering who of their class will participate. This is something big for everyone. Midoriya sighs as he looks at the piece of paper in front of him, staring at the rules and regulations the commission had in place.
This is a tense moment. It’s a decision that can affect many lives. Ever since the surprising death of All for One, the downfall of the Liberation Army and disbandment of the League of Villains, so much has changed. Everything is different now. While the number of villains is low now, it doesn’t mean their inexistent.
The annual purge was something he really didn’t believe in either. It’s something that was created to control the overpopulation they have at the moment, as well as to deal with the poor. It was hard to deny. Midoriya hated the idea of it, but what can he do? He’s only a high school kid who’s lived through six annual purge nights.
That’s when Midoriya got an idea. It’s silly and it may not even work. Yet, it could be great for their training. Hell, they may be able to end purge night as well or start a revolution. It may cost lives, on their side or the other, but it would be the start of it.
“You’re mumbling, dipshit.”
Midoriya looks in front of him, Bakugo glaring at them. Midoriya sheepishly apologizes, Bakugo just grumbling. Aizawa let the class have free time for now, seeing as all day today was dedicated to learning about the purge. Bakugo turns to Midoriya, staring at him with a raised eyebrow.
“What are you scheming?” Bakugo asks him, the class chattering away.
Their relationship still wasn’t the best, but they were equals in a manner. They both now respected each other, and they fought together when needed. They wouldn’t say they are best friends, but acquaintances who have each other’s backs.
Okay, maybe friends but neither would admit to it.
“You’re participating?” Bakugo frowns, not expecting this from the freckled boy.
“In a sense,” Midoriya says in a low voice to not be heard by those around him, “You and I know the real reason why we even have this night. The elites control this.”
“Well duh, I’m not a dumbass like you,” He scoffs, turning around full to face him, “But what can we do about it?”
“Join forces,” Midoriya grins, making even Bakugo feel cold, “I’ll explain it later. I wouldn’t want Aizawa to hear this.”
“What are you talking about?” Mineta asks and looks at the two boys.
“Nothing,” They both say, glaring at him hard enough to make him scatter.
School day ended and the class was quiet as they returned to their dorms. As the final student entered, Midoriya turns to Bakugo. They both nod and Bakugo releases a few fireworks to get everyone’s attention. Midoriya clears his throat and looks at his class, setting down his backpack. They all look at him confused, wondering what this is about. Did he injure himself again?
“We should participate in the purge,” Midoriya says out loud.
Crickets. Just crickets. Nothing else. Everyone went through various stages of shock, staring at the two boys who stood there confident.
Then chaos. There was screaming, shouting, questions, comments, everything. Midoriya and Bakugo sigh and expected this. They let them continue until they all quiet down, which took five minutes.
“Why?” Iida asks, looking at them as if they grew two heads, “Such a statement should not be made lightly!”
“Iida is right,” Yaoyorozu speaks next, “What’s your reason?”
“Iida, Yaoyorozu, Todoroki, please don’t take this wrong,” Midoriya starts off, “But-“
“The elites and rich control the fucking purge and it’s the poor who suffer the most,” Bakugo says bluntly, shrugging his shoulders, “I’m not rich, neither am I poor. However, it doesn’t mean I’m blind to class inequality. They say it’s due to overpopulation, which is both true and false. It is also to get rid of the poor.”
The class stays quiet to process the information, and to also process that Bakugo gave facts while cursing only once. He also didn’t yell, which is very surprising. The three students who were called out blink and think of what he said. Yes, they are the three richest in the class and their families play big parts when it comes to heroes. But that doesn’t mean they are to blame.
“We are not blaming you,” Midoriya states as if he could read their minds, “But the upper classes play a big part. No one here is blaming you, but we all have to open our eyes and think about this. Why should they be in control of this night? Why should they be excluded? Everyone should be included if we want this to be fair! Overpopulation will always be a problem, but many of this recent generation are not even having kids. They are too focused on hero work or their own lives!
And overpopulation will always be here no matter what we do. If this was the real reason as to why we have this night, then this should have been implemented since the beginning of quirks arose. There is so much that can be done and of course we can’t change it in one night, it may take us years and many more of these nights. That doesn’t mean we can’t start now!”
They all stare at Midoriya as he was now standing on a chair. They were all too surprised to speak. They never expect the boy who dreamt of saving people to now suggest killing.
“Wouldn’t this affect the school as well?” Tsuyu asks, looking at the two, “The school falls under the protection of the government. Doing this would endanger the students and teachers.”
“We thought of this as well,” Bakugo looks at them, “While we want everyone included, schools should still have protection. We are still trying to decide if it should fall under government protection and if that means including all hero schools. As of now, only the top three schools have protection under the government.”
It was still silent between everyone, the room tense now by what he stated. They can’t deny what he said. They’re both too smart to argue against. Midoriya was starting to think he won’t get support from how quiet the room was.
“I’ll join you,” Todoroki states, hand raised and looks at Midoriya, “I’ll be there.”
“What?” Midoriya looks at him with wide eyes, Bakugo just as surprised.
“The commission has to change. I overhear conversations between my father and the commission. There needs to be a system change. You’re right,” Todoroki stood straight as he spoke, “And if there is one thing the commission hates, is saving people during that night. That night is dedicated to killing, not saving. I can gather any information you need.”
Midoriya smiles at Todoroki, one of his really good friends, nodding. He looks at Bakugo, who shrugs and writes down his name.
“I’m in too,” Kirishima states hand raised, “It’ll be unmanly to accept what the commission does. As all you bros stated, we need to change this!”
“Count me in,” Iida says, pushing his glasses up as the class turned to him, “If I want to be a hero, it starts off with seeing what’s wrong in this system.”
“Same here,” Yaoyorozu nods, her cheeks a little pink from her nerves, “Write me down. I can support financially and with documents if needed.”
“The darkness will join in.”
“Hell yeah, dudes! Us too!”
“I’ll make sure we are stocked on energy bars during the twelve hours!”
“We have to go to Hatsume later so she can make some changes in my support items!”
“We’re really doing this?”
Midoriya was an smiles, watching as his classmates conversarte about the night. He steps down the chair, Bakugo writing down everyone’s name. He looks at him and just smiles, making the blond just roll his eyes and slaps the journal on his chest.
“That is so fucking stupid!” A voice shrills out.
19 heads turn to look down at the young purple classmate, who stared at them in shock. None are surprised that he objects and it kills the mood in the room. They just sigh and Kaminari speaks first.
“Just say you don’t want to participate is all. No one is forcing you, dude.”
“Kaminari, I thought you were better than this. Joining in something so useless!” Mineta looks up at the teen, “How do we even know this is not some plot so Midoriya can kill us?”
“Because I am not like you,” Midoriya speaks up, walking over and stands in front of Mineta, “I don’t give up at the sight of danger. You can stay here on purge night if you’d like. I won’t force anyone to join me. Is that clear enough for your small brain?” Midoriya asks and raises an eyebrow.
Mineta just stays quiet and stomps away, still shrilling about how the idea was stupid. They just roll their eyes and all turn to Midoriya and Bakugo.
“So we’re going to be vigilantes essentially?” Sato asks, looking at who they now consider leaders.
“Exactly, sounds badass too,” Bakugo smirks and looks at him, “We are going to tear down the system and blow it the fuck up.”
“We’re going to fuck shit up,” Midoriya says, a grin on his face.
The class goes wild with his declaration and that he cursed. He rarely curses if ever. Midoriya just laughs and looks at his class, feeling a range of emotions. This was going to be big, and they will make their statement known.
“What do we do first to get ready?” Uraraka asks through the sea of noise.
“We need to get our support items registered for purge night. They only allow three that have to deal with our quirks. Anything else is free range. Kacchan, we’ll have to see what we do about your quirk. Explosives fall under weapons class four,” Midoriya explains, flipping through the pages of his journal, “Outfits too. It has to be something that can’t be tied to our hero uniforms. Then we may need masks. It’s best to cover our face so no one sees we’re hero students.”
“Who will we be going after?” Jiro asks, lightly tugging on her earjacks, “We have to be careful that no children are harmed.”
“Except dicks,” Kaminari mumbles.
“Kacchan and I made a list,” Midoriya explains and lets Bakugo explain.
“We can’t go above level ten government, meaning the hero commission board and the ministry. However, they never said anything of those who work for them. They are not level ten. Also, there are no rules of going against heroes. Some are corrupt and I’m just saying, no one will miss them.”
“We’ll kill heroes?” Hagakure asks, hand seeming to go to her mouth based on her glove position.
“Only if necessary,” Midoriya shrugs, walking towards the common room, “I say severely harm. Whatever happens to them happens.”
“How will we know who is who? I’m sure they’ll be in disguise,” Sero points out and sits on the ground.
“I’ve got that ready too. What? I’m a hero fan and I like to analyze quirks. This isn’t my first rodeo,” Midoriya rolls his eyes.
They spend the rest of the day explaining what the plan is and who they’ll go after. Todoroki may have been pleased that Endeavor was number three on the list of who to go after.
Aizawa just smirks as he overheard everything, shaking his head. He’s not at all surprised that Midoriya and Bakugo are leading the charge. Besides, not like he’s innocent as well. He too will participate in the purge.
This purge year will be very interesting.
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