Blue fire blazed and twirled around Izuku's body, forming a demonic creature behind him. Shooting the terrified pro hero a glare full of malice, Izuku whipped his hand out and gave a cry of fury. Dashing towards the unfortunate hero, Izuku waved his hand in a slashing motion, and the creature behind him mimicked the movement, tearing the outfit and flesh underneath the would-be murder. Holding his bleeding chest, Mindbender tried to dodge the next strike, but failed. Slamming against a wall in the alley, he looked up just in time to see a flaming fist hurling towards him, knocking him out cold.

Panting, Izuku looked around in shock to the carnage he had caused in the brief, yet violent fight. Noticing the poor woman looking at him, quivering in terror, he raised his hand up to signal that he was friend. "H-hello" Izuku managed to say in a strangled voice as he took a step towards her. "It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you…"

"Get away from me!" The women shrieked, startling him. "Y-you attacked a pro hero! I'll give you anything you want, just stay away from me!" Still stunned by her reaction, Izuku tried to explain himself and calm her down, "That man was trying to rape you! I saved you from him!" All the sudden, it dawned on him "She must thing I'm a villain…" He thought, "Only villains have the guts to fight pro heros one on one, and I did also wound him pretty bad." Glancing around the ally one more time, Izuku's observant mind went on hyper speed. The blood smeared and splattered on the walls and ground from the fight, the pistol laying in the corner, and the bloody form of the unconscious pro hero. Still processing what he had done, and how the scene looked, Izuku realized that the evidence looked pretty grim and not in his favor. "I need to get out of here!" He thought, as he heard police sirens tearing though the silence of the night, coming closer and closer by the second. Giving on last apologetic and pleading glance to the poor woman, he sprinted towards to entrance of the alley, and in almost a second thought, grabbed the discarded pistol as well.

"Stop!" A voice called out to him as he turned the corner of the alley. Ignoring the voice, he ran as fast as his shaking legs could carry him. Suddenly, a blinding light blazed through the alleyway. Izuku could make of the faint flashes of red and blue behind the sharp light as well. "Stop, you are under arrest!" A voice called out to him. "We are taking you in for questioning. Do not resist." Panicking, his eyes still not full adjusted to the light, Izuku looked around franticly, trying to find a way out. Footsteps pounded behind him, and he could hear officers drawing their gun and tasers. "Drop the gun!" The voice of the same officer, probably the one in charge, called out to him again. Still glancing around franticly, Izuku caught sight of a ladder attached to one of the overhangs in the alley. "Looks like I have two options," Izuku thought, "I could surrender now, or I can try to jump and grab the ladder." Hearing footsteps slowly coming towards him, Izuku made his choice. Sprinting towards the ladder, he willed his legs to move. "I'm not going to make it!" He thought "the ladder is to high up!" With a panicked cry, he leaped, stretching his hand towards the first rung. He felt his hand grasp the cool steel, and with a motion the surprised the cops and himself, he launched himself upwards, and started climbing as fast a he can.

Making his way on top of the roof, Izuku stopped to catch his breath. Panting, he could hear the yells of the police officers below. Suddenly, he heard the noise of a helicopter and a spotlight shone above him. "This is the police, surrender now!" Giving a fleeting glance to the helicopter, Izuku sprinted towards the edge of the roof, and jumped, landing on the next one. "Whoa" he managed to breath out, as he continued to the next roof, again making leaps and jumps he didn't think he could do. Following closely behind him was the helicopter, as well a cop cars on the street tailing him. Sirens were blaring everywhere, as Izuku leaped and ran as fast as he could. Suddenly, Izuku saw a glowing blue door, with bars and chains attached to it, appear before him. It burst open, and before Izuku could even comprehend what was happening, a hand reached out and pulled him through.

Izuku looked up, only to see that he was back in the velvet room, with Igor sitting on his desk with the creepy smile still on his face. "Welcome back" he said in a pleased, almost giddy tone, "You are making progress faster than I thought."

"Do you mind explaining what the hell just happened out there!?" Izuku almost screamed, gesturing towards the place where the door once was. "I started fighting a Pro Hero, almost got mind controlled, beat up said hero, with a creature and fire was coming out of me and there were voices in my head and now I have the whole police force on my tail and-" Suddenly Izuku got a hard wack on the head with some hard. "Quiet Inmate!" "Inmate?" Izuku thought. Turning around, he saw a girl with long blond hair and blue dress, holding a prison baton. "Let the master explain himself." She said in a calm, yet menacing voice. "Who the hell is this?" Izuku said, ignoring the girl's previous comments. Chuckling, Igor replied, "Ah, yes. She is my assistant. Since her role is based on what your cognation is, she is a warren of this "prison" that your mind has shaped the velvet room into." Igor said, making a wide, gesturing motion around the velvet room.

"Do you mind explain what is going on?" Izuku said in a peeved voice, receiving another wack on the back of his head. Chuckling, Igor repositioned himself in his chair, and started to explain "You awakened your persona, furthering your transformation and path."

"What's a persona?"

"A persona is a manifestation of someone's personality, their thoughts, desires and emotions."

"But why did it just…appear?"

"It varies from user to user, but generally it is brought forth when the user is in a dire situation, or in pain, rage or other strong emotions. You will be training the power of Persona, which you have awakened to. Personas are, in other words, a "mask", an armor of the heart when confronting worldly matters."

"Are they apart of this metaverse you have been telling me about."

"Yes, and no."

"What?"

"Personas are the manifestation of your very soul, so yes, they exist in the metaverse. However, there are some exceptions, like in your case."

"My case?"

"Yes, as you are very much aware, you do not possess the power of these so called "quirks", and never will."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"Everything. Do you know where quirks come from?"

"Yeah, they are genetic mutations that originated in the-"

"Yes, yes," Igor said, waving his hand in a dismissive manner. "But how are they caused? Why are they so unique?"

Izuku stared at him, not having an answer.

"They are people's personas, bleeding out from the metaverse into your world."

"What!?"

"Some peoples personas are weak, not having any strong emotions to fuel them, making their quirks weaker and less prominent, while others are fueled by strong emotions or willpower, resulting in a stronger, or more prominent one."

"Why did my persona manifest fully? Why did I not have a quirk?"

"Some people's personas are…locked away so to speak. Either they have a very strong mental barrier, preventing the persona to bleed through, or their persona is very weak. Another reason is that someone on purpose locked it away because it was too strong."

"Why was mine locked away?"

"I believe it was the first reason. You have incredible willpower, and have withstood abuse, condemnation, ridicule, and alienation from a young age. Because of this, your own mental barriers prevented your persona to bleed through."

"Why do personas bleed through?"

Sighing, Igor's smile faded a little. "Someone, or something, is trying to merge the two realities together, metaverse and your world, combined as one. I decided that you would be the perfect candidate to find out who, and stop them."

"How am I supposed to do that?"

Laughing, Igor replied, "You think I haven't trained persona users before? Don't worry, I'll give you all the tools you need to complete your task, as well as change society for the better. Did you notice anything strange before the fight? The world distorting, colors not seeming right, hearing of feeling things that you shouldn't normally?"

Izuku nodded, thinking back to how his vison distorted and how he was able to track the pro hero and sense the emotions from the woman.

"You just took you first look into the metaverse, and I got to admit, you did a better job handling it than I thought."

"Thanks?"

"You have a unique ability. Normally persona users will have to have a device or portal of some sort to enter the metaverse, but you, you have the ability to enter at will, with no external device required."

Standing up, Igor motioned to a door that Izuku was sure wasn't there a second ago.

"This door will take you to the block near your apartment. We have many more things to discuss, but they can wait. Goodbye, Izuku."

The door suddenly sprang open, and Izuku could feel as if he was being sucked through it. "Wait!" He called out, "How am I supposed to deal with the cops hunting me?"

"I am a teacher, and a teacher's job is to give their pupil knowledge, not hold their hand and decide how they are going to use it." And with that, the velvet room was gone, and Izuku found himself standing on a street corner, exactly one block away from his home.