Hey guys, back with a new chapter. This time we're placing Hachiman in the New 52 film universe. If you have watched the film 'Justice League War' then I'm sure the context will be no problem.
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New 52, War (1)
Washington D.C.
The night glittered with the stars. A crowd was gathering at the front of the White House, all clamouring around in a near riot. The crowds held signs, shaming on a symbol, a symbol resembling two 'W's, one stacked on top of the other.
At the far side of the White House, far across the street on the rooftops, someone was watching the scene. It was Hikigaya Hachiman, the Huntsman.
He was in a black outfit that had liquid armour, ceramic, carbon fibre and titanium dipped weave mixed together. His chest armour was a dark crimson, as are his gauntlets and joint guards. His cape, black with streaks of dark red, and his black hood covered his head. Finally he sported a mask, jet black that covered everywhere save for the mouth, and he menacing red eyes.
Planting a boot on the ledge of the roof, he leaned in and peered at the crowd by the White House with his binoculars.
"It's a protest against her." Huntsman thought observing the commotion. "Won't be long till she arrives. Dammit there's no way I can get to her without stirring the crowd in panic like this. But I need to speak with her. "
Soon enough, limousine approached and the crowd surrounded the vehicle, venting their rage at the car. A guy in the crowd even climbed on top of the car and he shouted, "These freaks cost America over hundred million dollars in property damage! Who's going to pay for that, us regular people! That's who!"
Down at the street, the person sitting inside the limousine had enough of the crowd, and she stepped out. Wonder Woman, princess of Themyscira. As soon as she got out of the car, Huntsman set his sights on her. Another person got out of the limousine, it was Steve Trevor.
"Diana, wait." Steve tried to stop Wonder Woman from leaving the car, but it did not work. "Oh no."
Wonder Woman stood in front of the crowd and proudly said, "I am Diana of Paradise Island, tell me who speak of and they will taste my blade." She suddenly went silent as she finally paid attention to the signs the people were holding, the signs with her name on it.
"You gathered to protest me?" Wonder Woman asked, both confused and surprised, seeing the disapproving faces from the crowd, she then pointed her sword at the man on the limousine.
"You, what is your problem with me?" She asked him.
The protester took up the courage and said, "You want the truth? You swing that sword with a smile and scare normal people. And you dress like a whore."
The crowd started to clamour in agreement, until the man on the limousine got wrapped in a golden lasso. Wonder Woman, using her lasso truth on the protestor said, "This is not your truth."
She pulled the lasso and it glowed, "The lasso of truth compels you. Now tell us your truth."
The protestor, overpowered by the lasso blurted out, "I cross dress in a Wonder Woman outfit, it makes me feel powerful."
The whole crowd gave their accorded response, and the protesting man on the limousine stood there embarrassed. Wonder Woman chuckled and pulled the lasso off him. "Embrace your truth. My outfit makes me feel powerful too."
Back on the rooftop in the far distance, Huntsman kept his surveillance on his target, the princess.
"Shit there's no time, I need to find a way to get to her. I need information." Huntsman's eyes narrowed behind his mask.
A sudden sound behind Huntsman took his attention away from the White House, turning around his saw what it was. "Oh shit."
It was the whole reason he sought Wonder Woman out, a creature looking like a winged, dull green armoured monster, and it had an Omega sign on its chest piece. It was almost parallel to an alien demon of some kind. The monster flew over Huntsman heading for its true target.
"It's going after her." Huntsman said, pulling out his grapnel gun. The parademon flying over the roofs aiming for the crowd suddenly had a cable hooked on its shoulder. Huntsman reeled himself up fast, got perched onto the parademon.
Huntsman got one arm wrapped around the parademon's neck. Putting the grapnel gun away he began pounding a fist onto the side of the monster's head. He could the strength of the parademon as it struggled to break free from the hunter's grip. Its flight path went awry swirling around in the air, making their way towards the crowd.
Unaware of what was approaching, the crowd lingered. Steve Trevor took Diana's arm to get her attention. "Diana we better get going."
"Yes." Wonder Woman nodded, "Off to see this President you speak of."
A screech from above caught everyone by surprise. "For Darkseid!"
Wonder Woman brought her head to see what was coming, the crowd started to disperse in hysteria. Huntsman continued to punch the parademon's head from behind as they descended down.
"A battle in the sky?" Wonder Woman watched while Steve Trevor tried to get the crowd away.
Seeing they were about to crash into the people below, Huntsman pulled the neck lock trying to steer the parademon upwards. The monster flew upwards away, avoiding the result of the two hitting the road, they both soared towards another roof.
In a burst of strength the parademon broke free of the Huntsman's grip, turning around attempting to swipe at him. Huntsman saw it coming and jumped off the parademon dodging the hit and in a counterattack, Huntsman slammed both feet on its chest sending it crashing into a roof, away from the White House. Stretching his cape wide, he glided safely onto the roof some distance away from his foe.
The parademon got up roaring out, "For Darkseid!"
The Huntsman pulled out a pair of black batarangs, which extended out into blades. Before either could make the first, a sword whisked Huntsman's side stabbing into the parademon's chest. It howled in pain, the agony brought it to its knees.
The Huntsman took the chance, dashing in he slashed the monster's unprotected neck open, and bluish green blood spewed like a fountain. Huntsman kicked it down and the monster laid there dead with a sword in its chest.
"Greetings warrior." Wonder Woman flew in and pulled out her sword from the carcass. And thus, the two face to face one another. Wonder Woman floating in the air and the Huntsman on the roof floor.
"Wonder Woman." Huntsman greeted with a nod. Taking in his appearance, Wonder Woman seemed to recognize him.
"Ah, the fabled Huntsman. The hunter warrior from the land of the rising sun." Wonder Woman landed both feet on the floor. Now he could appreciate her height, standing a couple of inches taller than him.
"What is this monster we have just slain?" Wonder Woman pointed her sword at the dead alien.
"I was hoping you could tell me." Huntsman answered retracting the blades and putting them away. "I was seeking you out for information."
"Information?"
Huntsman explained. "There was another creature like this when I was in Maryland. It was attempting to kidnap a couple of game wardens but I manage to take it down before it could." He took out a screen tablet from the back compartment of his belt, showing her his previous kill. "And since you were here in Washington D.C. I came to find you to ask if you knew anything about this."
"I apologize Huntsman but I'm in the dark in this as well." Wonder Woman admitted.
"Hmm, worth a shot anyway."
"What were you doing there in Maryland, at the time?" Wonder Woman inquired.
"Bear hunting." Huntsman gave his short answer. "Sightings of creatures like this with subsequent kidnappings have been occurring around the country, most recent ones are in Gotham City and Metropolis."
"How do you know this then?" Wonder Woman asked.
"I have an associate investigating the matter in Gotham and Metropolis right now. Intel from my associate says that these monsters are like soldiers."
"Pawns?" Wonder Woman turning her head to inspect the dead monster.
Huntsman stood beside her and said. "In a way. My associate also gathered that these pawns are planting devices of some sort around the cities." He showed her an image of the device from his screen pad. "For what purpose we still don't know."
"This sounds tactical Huntsman." Wonder Woman now sounded serious.
"It is, these must be scouts. It may be the precursor of an attack on a much larger scale." Huntsman said.
An explosion erupted from the White House. Suddenly a whole fleet of parademons spread across the White House park areas, creating chaos across the streets. Huntsman stood on the edge of the rooftop, jaw almost dropping as he witnessed the massacre.
"With me Artemis! To war!" Wonder Woman raised up her sword and charged, flying off to face her foes on the ground level.
Leaping off the roof, Huntsman glided down. Wings spread wide, he landed on the edge of the park areas. A couple of parademons caught sight of him and ran right for him. Pulling out his extended batarang blades, Huntsman readied himself. "Holy shit here we go. Aim for the necks."
One parademon came in with a fist pulled back, it threw a punch and the Huntsman side stepped it easily before plunging the blade into the parademon's neck. Dashing for the next target he slashed the unprotected shoulder of the next parademon cutting through the tendons. Its howl of pain went silent when Huntsman sliced its neck clean.
Wonder Woman was handling the situation easy, dispatching any parademon coming her way in the air. The fight continued with Wonder Woman up high and Huntsman down low.
"Huntsman." A voice suddenly came into the communicator in Huntsman's mask. "Where are you?"
"D.C." Huntsman quickly answered his radio, dodging another clawed wipe from another parademon before slashing up its vitals. "I'm with Wonder Woman, this whole place is infested with these soldier things."
"Get to Metropolis, you have to bring her with you."
"Why?"
"This is where the heart of the invasion is. Superman and Green Lantern are here as well." The radio went silent.
Seeing the whole invasion around, Huntsman realised that this was getting fruitless. He called out to his new companion.
"Wonder Woman! There's too many!" Huntsman said in a raised voice, "We have to go! This is futile!"
"What? Flee from the fight?" Wonder Woman asked as she punched a parademon away.
"We need to get to Metropolis. The main fight is over there, and the rest of the heroes are gathering there."
Hearing his reasoning, Wonder Woman concurred. "Very well come up to the sky with me Artemis!"
"I'm not Artemis. And I cannot fly." Huntsman said.
"What?" Wonder Woman in the air turned to him, looking confused.
"I'm not like you." Huntsman answered, lunging towards a parademon with a kick in the face, pinning it down he stabbed it in the neck again. "I can't fly."
"Then brace yourself." Wonder Woman flew towards fast.
"What are you talk-" Before Huntsman could finish she picked him up and put his arm over her shoulder and together they flew up high side by side.
"Whoa, whoa hey dammit!" Huntsman gritted his teeth as the wind blew on his face, hiding his grimace of being picked up like that. Wonder Woman looked unashamed of this situation however.
"I'm not at ease with leaving the fight like that." Wonder Woman said, flying over to Metropolis' direction.
"It's happening all over. But it seems the centre of it all is at Metropolis, which means whoever is behind all this may appear there." Huntsman replied.
In Metropolis, the streets have been torn apart, vehicles on fire and tossed upside down. Batman was dealing with three parademons at the same time. Green Lantern glowing bright green above him was conjuring any form of weapons to take downs any enemies his way. Superman who was even up higher, simply fried up any parademon that fell victim to his heat vision.
"Well that wasn't so bad." Green Lantern said to Batman as he hovered down to him.
The Flash zoomed into the fight as well, dishing a fast and furious barrage of punches on a parademon sneaking up on Green Lantern.
"Looks like you could use a hand." Flash smirked to the Lantern.
"Flash, my boy. Good to see you." Green Lantern said delighted, giving a fist bump to the speedster. Looking behind Green Lantern, the Flash spotted Batman.
"Wait, Batman's real?" Flash sped towards the knight. "It is a real honour to meet you, sir Batman. Sir." He awkwardly said and offered a handshake.
"I followed your reference in Central City Flash, you do tight efficient work." Batman complimented and shook his hand with a stoic face.
Turning around Batman saw a platoon of parademons coming for them. "Get ready here they come."
"For Darkseid!" The aliens chanted landing on the ground charging right for the three heroes.
However a battle cry from above stopped their advances. Green Lantern, Flash and Batman turned to see who it was. Reinforcements.
Wonder Woman flew in with sword and lasso at the ready, behind her the Huntsman swooped in as well with black and red wings. Wonder Woman slammed into the ground making a crater and taking out the rear group of parademons with her attack, a cloud of dust enveloped her. She ensnared another parademon by the neck swinging it around crashing it into other foes.
Huntsman landed and took on the front row of parademons and growled. Shooting a grapnel cable it pierced into the shoulder of one, pressing a trigger on the side the grapnel gun became a taser shocking the parademon to spazzing and flinching mess. Huntsman threw a batarang at its exposed throat, and it choked and plopped on the ground. Another parademon came right for him, and the Huntsman exploited the same weakness again. Pulling out his pair of extended blades again, he ducked down dodging a hit and rose up with a slash to the stomach and he pierced its throat.
The final parademon saw its comrades slain, the Huntsman wasted no time lunging at the monster he pinned it and both blades and feral snarl, the Huntsman made one clean swipe, decapitating the parademon.
Wonder Woman came out of the dust cloud, flinging the blood off her sword she raised it up in victory. "Greetings warriors."
Letting out a snarl, the Huntsman stood up straight and picked up the decapitated head. He held it up and inspected it for a moment before tossing it away.
The Flash stood there jaw dropped at the brutality from the two.
"The creepy one, friends of yours Bats?" Green Lantern asked, Batman made no reply.
As Wonder Woman was coiling up her lasso, Huntsman laid eyes on his 'Nii-san'. As he walked towards Batman however, Superman hovered down standing in his way.
The Man of Steel and the Apex Predator of Chiba stared at each other.
"So who's behind this mask?" Superman said with a smirk, his eyes shined white using his X-ray vision on Hachiman's face. But little good did that do for him. "Ok, no idea who you are. Wait, are you just a kid or something?"
The Huntsman scowled, placing a hand on Superman's shoulder, he gently pushed him to the side, "Move Clark."
Superman stood there stupefied now that his identity has been revealed twice. The Huntsman went up to Batman.
The Dark Knights united once more.
"Gotham?" Huntsman asked.
"Same thing's happening." Batman answered.
"I don't know about Chiba, been hunting in Maryland." Huntsman began speaking in his native language.
"It's possible Chiba having the same problem." Batman said, but in English still.
"So what you Japanese, Mr. Spooky two point O?" Green Lantern butted in.
"Good guess." Huntsman sarcastically remarked.
"So I assume this is your associate Huntsman?" Wonder Woman went up to Hachiman's side and he nodded.
Up above the parademons started to fly away. Green Lantern decide to taunt, "Yeah you better run!"
"No," Batman said, "They are regrouping. Waiting for whoever is behind this to launch the attack."
"Alright, what do we do?" Superman asked the detective.
"Track them down? See if we can learn more about them and their leader?" Huntsman suggested. Just as Hachiman said that, something else came into the fray, a large figure, humanoid and metal with jet engines on its back crashed into the ground by them. First thing Huntsman saw was the human face on the humanoid figure, or rather half of a face.
"Mine." Wonder Woman drew her sword and made her move.
"Wonder Woman! Wait!" Huntsman stopped her, he reached out and held her shoulder, instantly feeling the Amazon's strength.
The humanoid's metal frame shrunk back into a proper human size, now looking more like a cyborg. The human face on the cyborg spoke, "No, wait stop don't hurt me! I'm not with them!"
Flash zoomed in front of the group before any one of them could attack, "Hold on! I can vouch for that, he was at S.T.A.R Labs."
And yet another person, flew down to the group of heroes. This one had electricity sparking all over him in a red suit with a yellow lightning bolt and a whit hooded cape.
The lightning bolt took off his hood and greeted, "Hey there, what's up? Shazam."
He pointed at the Cyborg. "I'm with him."
"No, he's not." The Cyborg protested.
"And who the hell are you supposed to be?" Green Lantern asked.
"You have Victor Stone's face." Huntsman answered.
"Who I am doesn't matter, what matters is what I know. I…spoke with their technology, and I know their plan. They are terraforming the Earth." Victor said. "It's about to get ugly."
"That fits." Batman said.
"How?" Superman turned to him.
"Guys, the coast." Huntsman pointed. Everyone turned their attention to the water, which had a massive ring of blazing fire with the parademons circling around it. A hellish tower was erecting from the fire and it shook the Earth. More hellish, apocalyptic towers were rising around the coastline. And up high, parademons were still abducting people.
"What are they doing with them?" Superman wondered.
"Not sure, but there's this. They are not killing them, they are harvesting them." Batman pointed out.
"This isn't an isolated incident it's happening across the globe." Flash added. The sting of pain hit Huntsman chest, instantly thinking about his people in Chiba.
At the main apocalyptic tower, a white light shined on the top. The Cyborg in the group dreaded, "Too late. He's here."
And out he emerged, a giant clad in a blue armour with an omega symbol on the chest, brimstone skin and deathly red eyes. The giant floated slowly with his minions hovering around him.
"I'm guessing that's the main baddie." Green Lantern asked.
"Lucky guess." Batman said.
"Hmm, doesn't look very tough." Superman was not impressed.
"Oh God." Hachiman however, had his eyes widened behind his mask. Slowly turning his head, he saw Wonder Woman having a stunned expression as well. She turned her head to him, both giving each other a glance before turning their eyes back to the giant.
"I am entropy. I am death." The giant said before coming to a halt in the air by the group of heroes.
"I am, Darkseid."
Hope you've enjoyed it, hope to see you in the next part.