"Hey, Kiryu." Takeyama said, getting the man's attention as they made their way back into town. "How do you feel about visiting U.A. soon?"
"The school? You don't plan on enrolling me, do you?" Kiryu raised an eyebrow.
"Well, obviously not. You're too old, for one, and- actually, how old are you?"
"…48." Kiryu answered. Takeyama stopped in her tracks, wide eyed.
"F-48?!" She sputtered as Kiryu turned back to look at her. "There's no way! You look like you're only in your late 20's!"
"Not the first time I've heard that." Takeyama shook her head, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't jealous of how well this man aged. She could only hope that she would age just as well. "Anyway," Kiryu brought her back to the initial topic. "Why would you want me to visit the school?"
"Well, I was talking to Aizawa, a teacher there, and he said he may talk to the principal to allow you to visit. I think that'd be the best way for you to learn more about this world."
"Really now?" Kiryu questioned, turning back ahead. Just then, he noticed Yuka once again standing in front of the arcade, however, this time, something was wrong. Yuka, while not crying, seemed to have been doing so not too long ago, her cheeks stained with tears, and she was still sniffling. "Yuka?" Kiryu hurried over to her, leaving Takeyama behind.
"Hey, where are you going? What's going on?" She questioned, but Kiryu was already out of earshot of her.
"Yuka, what's wrong?" He asked as he ran up to the young girl. She glanced up to Kiryu before looking back down.
"The… the man from before…" She sniffled. "He-he came back, with his friends, and… took my All Might doll…"
"What?!" Kiryu asked, angered. He worked so hard for that thing, now some assholes try and make off with it? "Did you see where they went?"
"They went that way." Yuka pointed towards the direction they ran off.
"Kiryu, what happened?" Takeyama asked, finally catching up with Kiryu.
"Takeyama. Stay here with Yuka, I have some scum to hunt down."
"What-wait!" She called out, but Kiryu was already in a full sprint. He scanned the people around him as he ran down the street, keeping his eyes peeled for the man that harassed Yuka before. It wasn't too long before he heard chatter coming from a nearby alley. He slowed down when he could start making out what was being said.
"All Might? More like no might." One of the voices said.
"Yeah, that damn asshole can't even protect himself, let alone anyone else anymore." That was the man from before.
"Self righteous dick. He's a nobody now." A third voice said.
"Hey." Kiryu called out, getting the trios attention as he walked in front of the alley. With the vulgar man from before, with him was a cat man and a man in a hoodie. Kiryu also spotted the All Might doll, laying on the ground filled with cuts, some of which had some stuffing spilling out. The sight angered the former yakuza. "The hell do you think you're doing with that doll?!"
"Screw off man, it's none of your business!" The hoodie said.
"Wait a minute, you're that asshole from before!" The vulgar man said, recognizing Kiryu.
"What, you know this guy?" The cat asked, turning to his buddy.
"Yeah I do. This is the fuck that kept me from taking that damn brats doll last time!"
"Hey, I'm talking to you assholes here!" Kiryu yelled out. "Why did you not only take Yuka's doll, but also destroy it?!"
"Oh pipe down, old man! We're doing that kid a favor." The cat smirked.
"Yeah! All Might is now just some loser. He held himself above everyone else, now look at him! He's nothing more than a skeleton with skin!" The hoodie added in.
"We're teaching that brat not to look up to an asshole like him, with his empty promises and self righteous bullshit!" The vulgar spat out. Kiryu huffed.
"Seems like this is nothing more than some thugs throwing a tantrum because a young girl looked up to a true hero." Kiryu reasoned. He had heard a bit more about All Might from Takeyama. These thugs just seemed to direct their frustrations onto someone far better than them.
"What are you going to do about it, punk?" The cat, taunted. Kiryu responded with the cracking of his neck.
"It's good to know that you're just some run of the mill assholes. That way, I won't feel bad about this, especially since you made a young girl cry." He said, bringing up his fists.
"What, you're going to fight all three of us over some doll?" The hoodie questioned.
"With how your buddy fought last time, it shouldn't be too hard."
"Oh that's it. You're going to die!" The vulgar man yelled as he and his two friends readied themselves to fight. The cat revealed claws from his hands while the hoodie took out a simple dagger.
"A dagger? Cute." Kiryu taunted. The hoodie took the bait and charged, surprisingly faster than he had expected, he wasn't too concerned though. His aura flared to life, bright blue flames surrounded his body, readying to brawl with the oncoming attacker. He dodged the first swing of the blade, then dodged the second, he hoodie making the mistake of leaving a wide opening. Seeing this, Kiryu delivered a solid punch to the man's jaw, then a second punch to the opposite side, before ending the onslaught with a powerful kick, sending the thug flying back.
"Gah-!" Kiryu grunted, being caught off guard by the cat attacking, who had leapt forward and struck kiryu's side with his claws, throwing him off balance. He tried to recover, but he was then sent to the ground as a trash can collided into him, being thrown by the vulgar man's quirk.
"Heh, told you you'd be dying here." The man chuckled, approaching the fallen yakuza, seeing that he wasn't moving. When he was close enough though, Kiryu let out an intimidating yell as he quickly rose to his feet and ran towards the vulgar man, who was too surprised to react in time. Kiryu jumped up, grabbing hold of the man's arms before delivering a devastating head-butt. Blood splattered from the man's forehead as he fell backwards. Kiryu climbed off the man once laid out, turning his attention to the man's friends, who were already making their way to aid their fallen partner.
The hoodie attacked first, making a swing for Kiryu's head. He gracefully dodged the attack and kicked the man back, then stepping to the side as he predicted the cat's attack. Seeing the thug making a turn to try and attack him again, Kiryu reached into his pocket and pulled out a pack of firecrackers that he had bought a few nights ago. He quickly lit them with his lighter and held the firecrackers in the cat's face once he was close enough, who was seemingly entranced by them.
That was until Kiryu quickly shoved firecrackers straight into the cats mouth, finishing it off by palming the explosives to ensure that they stayed in his mouth. The fuse quickly went out, and the fireworks started crackling, burning the cat's mouth as he desperately tried to get them out before falling onto his back. Kiryu turned back around before quickly punching the hoodie directly in the nose, nearly breaking it and causing the man to stumble back.
He then grabbed him and walked the hoodie over to a conveniently parked car not to far away from the alley. From there, he proceeded to slam the hoodie's face into the trunk of the car, punch him in the back of the head and let him fall to the ground, before finishing the assault by curb stomping the fallen man. At that point, the fight was over. Kiryu watched as the sad group slowly picked themselves up.
"Wh… what even are you?" The hoodie questioned.
"Someone who doesn't take too kindly to a bunch of thugs ruining a girl's doll." Kiryu scolded. "If I ever hear you pulling this shit again, you know exactly what'll happen. Except next time, I'll make sure you can't even walk."
"Y-yes sir! Never again!" The cat cried out, before he and the rest of his friends ran away, scared out of their minds. With all said and done, Kiryu went to retrieve the poor doll off the ground.
"Kiryu!" The man heard Takeyama call out as he reemerged from alley. He looked in the direction of the voice to see the heroine and Yuka run up to them. "What happened?"
"Don't worry, everything worked out in the end. They won't ever bother anyone again." Kiryu said, before turning to Yuka. "Here, Yuka, I'm sorry I couldn't be here sooner." He handed her the cut up All Might doll.
"It's okay.." She said dejectedly.
"I know you're upset about what happened to your doll," Kiryu began. "But look at it this way. It now resembles the real All Might even more now."
"Huh?" Yuka looked up to the man.
"You told me that the real All Might lost his powers because he stood up to a powerful villain, right? Now look at the doll." He pointed towards the doll. "It may be all beaten up, but it's still going strong, for you. Just like the real deal, it's not going to give in so easily."
"Mister…"
"All Might wouldn't want to see your smile falter, that's why he smiles in the face of danger. Just like this doll." Yuka looked at the doll in her hands. Even with all the cuts and scraps, the face was still in tact, smiling up to her, as if nothing was wrong. Knowing he was right, Yuka's smile slowly returned.
"… Mister, you're just like All Might!" Yuka smiled up to Kiryu.
"What? Me?" Kiryu asked, taken back.
"Yeah! If you see someone in trouble, you'll do whatever it takes to help them! You helped me by getting these dolls for me, and even saved my All Might doll. All so I wouldn't stop smiling." She paused for a moment. "Mister… I want to be just like you when I grow up! I want to help people like you and and make sure everyone can smile!"
"Well, I wouldn't go as far as to compare myself to All Might." Kiryu responded. "But your ambitions and your heart are definitely in the right place." He smiled. "You'll want to be a hero, right? You'll make a great hero, I'm certain of that."
"Hehe, thank you mister!"
"Now, it'll be best to head home now. And be sure to take care of those dolls."
"I will, thank you mister!" Yuka happily exclaimed, getting ready to head home, but not without turning around to give Kiryu a quick hug around the waist, catching the man off guard, before finally heading off, waving back at Kiryu with a pure, joyful smile plastered on her face.
'All Might… I wonder if I'll ever get to meet the guy.'
To Get a Doll
Complete
Takeyama sniffled, having turned around to face away from Kiryu to hide her misty eyes from the man. The exchange between the former yakuza and the little girl having made her slightly emotional.
'He's like a kind, loving farther.' She sniffled, wiping away a tear. How could someone so intimidating and intense be so kind, caring and warm? She carefully looked back, not daring to let the man know she got teary eyed. His selfless actions, his heart of gold, his unyielding sense of justice. It did get Takeyama to consider her position as a hero, comparing her reasons for becoming one to Kiryu's heroic actions and why he performed them. She shook her head, her blonde hair swaying, in an attempt to rid herself of her thoughts. She didn't need to think about it right now, let alone any time in the future.
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Some time later, Takeyama finally managed to get Kiryu to U.A., taking far longer than she had expected. For one, it took some time for Aizawa to get a response to her. They then had to make an appointment with the principle, who surprised Kiryu as he wasn't expecting a two foot tall mouse like creature to greet him. Thankfully, he was rendered 'safe enough', so he was allowed to visit. However, they had to wait a few more days as the students were off on internships, some of which ended up fighting 'native' yakuza. But after all that, finally had come the day.
"And this is where the classrooms are." Takeyama, who was dressed in most of her hero costume, save for the mask, led Kiryu through the hall where class 1-A had homeroom. She took a peak into the room. "Huh, they aren't here. Hm, probably out training." She said to herself. She thought for a moment. "You know what, let's just go see the students train. It'll be best, probably. The rest of the floors haven't shown you are just the other classrooms." She said, though she was really just guessing. She didn't feel like completing this tour. Kiryu simply nodded as Takeyama led the way back down to ground level.
After some walking (and some unsure leading by Takeyama), the two walked up to a large building not far from the main building.
"I think this is where they are." Takeyama said, though there was a hint of uncertainty in her voice. She grabbed the door handle and open the door. Her eyes widened and she quickly ducked down as a small piece of stone flew over her head. Kiryu on the other hand-
"Grah-!" Kiryu yelled out, the cracked stone hitting him square in the chest, shattering on impact. He stumbled back, but managed to stay on his feet. Takeyama, still wide eyed, looked back at the man she had unintentionally blindsided.
"Oh shit, sorry man!" Kirishima yelled out, having accidentally launched the stone piece towards the two. Kiryu held his chest as he straitened himself out.
'Not as resilient as I used to be…' He thought to himself, coughing a bit. Once he managed to recover, he simply dusted the bits of stone off his suit.
"You sure bounce back quick." Takeyama commented.
"You get used to this sort of thing." Kiryu responded, before taking out and gulping down a bottle labeled 'Staminan Royal', making the heroine raise an eyebrow, but left it be after she saw Kiryu sigh in relief.
"Mt. Lady?" Aizawa questioned, somewhat surprised to see the two here. Takeyama turned towards the tired looking man.
"Hey Erasure." Takeyama gave a slight wave. "Hope you don't mind we decided to drop by today."
"It's alright, in fact I actually may be able to take a nap with you here.." Aizawa said, making Takeyama roll her eyes.
"So, what's going on here?"
"Just quirk training. We're holding off on lessons until two of our students return from their provisional license course" Hearing this, Kiryu looked passed the two, seeing the students using their quicks on stone structures. This made him think.
"Do you teach them how to fight when they can't use their quirk?"
"What?" Aizawa asked, turning towards the former yakuza.
"Do you?"
"Well, not really."
"Kiryu?" Takeyama turned towards him.
"So you don't gave them basic combat training? If you only teach them how to use their quirk for combat, then they may not be able to properly defend themselves if there ever get into a situation where they can't use their quirk." Kiryu stated. Normally, Aizawa would have been annoyed if someone like Kiryu lectured him on how he taught, but he had to admit, he did have a point. Even Takeyama had to agree.
"Do you know of any villains that could erase quirks like you, Erasure?" She asked after a moment. Aizawa gave it a moment of thought.
"I can't say that I do, but you do have a point." He said in response to them both.
"So what are you going to do then?" After a moment of silence, Kiryu spoke up.
"If it's alright with you, I could test how well your students would fair in a fight." Aizawa glanced at him, seeming to give it a thought. He nodded his head.
"Fine with me." Kiryu nodded back, walking towards the arena as Aizawa gave the word to Ishiyama, the cement hero, Cementoss to level the ground for Kiryu.
"What will we be doing now, sir?" Yaoyorozu asked as she and the rest of the present 1-A class dispersed from the cement towers.
"You'll be doing something different than our usual lesson. I'm certain you're familiar with Kiryu, correct?" Aizawa asked as he and Takeyama joined the other teachers. The students confirmed with their teacher. "Alright. Right now, you'll be fighting him in a test of sorts. I'm assuming it'll be alright if they all fight you at once, Kiryu?"
"Yeah."
"We're fighting him alone?" Ojiro questioned, looking over at the suit wearing man.
"Correct, however-"
"I don't like the sound of that however.." Mineta gulped.
"-you will not be allowed to use your quirk." Aizawa finished, gaining confused looks from many of the students. "That is because Kiryu will be testing how well you fair in a fight without the use of your quirks, in the odd chance you ever encounter a situation where you are unable to use them."
"Mr Aizawa! Please allow me a question!" Iida yelled out in his usual enthusiastically way. "Is it truly wise to allow someone who is not even a teacher here at U.A High to train us this way?"
"Kiryu simply volunteered. Plus, from what I've heard from Mt. Lady, he's trustworthy enough."
"I see!" Iida bowed. "Please forgive me for questioning your ways!"
"Dude, I don't think you need to ask for forgiveness for a question like that." Kirishima said.
"Kiryu." Aizawa got his attention. "Don't hold back. It'd be best if you simulate a villain that wouldn't pull any punches."
"Right." Kiryu tuned back to face the students, cracking his knuckles.
"So, is he going to use his quirk against us?" Ashido asked. Her questioned was quickly answered when a pink aura sounded Kiryu. "Oh." Seeing that Kiryu was ready to fight, Iida was the first to respond, sprinting forward. Even without his quirk, Iida was still quite fast, however, not fast enough. Kiryu had met him halfway, dodging a roundhouse from the teen before rushing him with a series of quick and precise punches to the head and torso. Iida's vision quickly became blurry, he could barely stand up straight. Seeing the he was in a daze, Kiryu delivered a solid punch to the stomach with enough force to send the hero in training flying backwards, careening towards Yaoyorozu and Ashido. The former was fast enough to dodge the human projectile, while Ashido became an unfortunate victim of the human projectile.
The tall girl looked back towards Kiryu and rushed forward as well, alongside Kirishima and Kaminari, the two wanting to test their luck. Kiryu dodged the first punch thrown by Kaminari, only to get punched in the side by Kirishima.
'Quite the punch.' Kiryu grunted from the unexpected force he received. He quickly recovered and kicked both of the boys away with a single, powerful roundhouse. Yaoyorozu tried to respond with her own kick, but Kiryu managed to block it, catching the young girl off guard. Kiryu then went in to punch her in the face, causing her to instinctively bring up her guard. However, Kiryu intended for this to happen, as he feigned the first punch and instead went around her hands to punch in the side of the head, before kicking her away.
Not waiting for the student to slowly trickle towards him, he decided to bring the fight to them, rushing towards the group of students. Ojiro was the first to respond to the sudden attack, going in for a punch. However, Kiryu was quicker, stopping just before him and slamming his elbow down onto the teen's hands. He grunted in pain as his fingers cracked from the counter attack, before receiving his own uppercut, falling onto Shoji from the force of the attack, sending them both back. Midoriya, feeling as though he was ready to take Kiryu on, clenched his fists and ran forward. He intentionally stayed back in order to study his movements, and he thinks he managed to get a read on him.
He went in, aiming to punch Kiryu in the head. Seeing this, Kiryu brought up his guard.
'I knew it. He responds differently depending on where the attack is coming from. He brings up his guard when the attacks are coming from the side. But if I'm quick enough-' The young boy thought, changing his attack at the last second and kicking Kiryu in the side of the stomach, causing the man to grunt in pain. '-then he won't be fast enough to respond.' He then followed through with his initial attack and sent a solid fist into Kiryu's cheek. Even without One For All, Midoriya has gotten far stronger than his quirkless days. Kiryu faltered back, running a hand over his lip to check for blood. Seeing none though, he ran back into the fray, delivering quick punches to the teen, but-
'He's blocking most of them.' Kiryu noted, seeing not many of his punches connecting. 'He must have been observing how I fight. In that case..' Kiryu quickstepped away from a punch from Jiro, who had tried to take advantage of the situation. Once out of reach, Kiryu banished the pink aura and instead called fourth a white aura. Once set, he blocked another attack from Jiro, punched her in the stomach, before lifting her up and throwing her to the ground. Sero, thinking the man was distracted, tried to spring a surprise attack on him, but was instead also met with a punch to the gut, before he too was lifted from the ground and thrown against the girl who had been previously laid out.
Kiryu then turned towards Midoriya and quickly closed the distance, getting low and facing his palm outwards. Time seemed to slow down for Midoriya as he tried to process what was happening.
'He-he changed his whole style of attack!" Midoriya managed to think before being sent into the air by Kiryu with an attack to his chin. Once he landed, Kiryu delivered a devastating slap to the side of the head, the retraced his movement and backhanded the young boy, before finally sending him to the ground with one solid palm to the head. Once finished with him, Kiryu switched his style once more to the beast style and grabbed the now cowering Mineta. He swung him around, hitting the few remaining students with the small boys legs before tossing him aside. Kiryu looked around, seeing that the entire class had been wiped out by him. The teachers on the sidelines simply stared with wide eyes, they had seen a similar feat not too long ago, but this man was relentless, not sparing a single moment for the students to counter him.
"This is what happens when you don't properly train your students in basic combat." Kiryu commented. "They get taken out by a man who doesn't even have a quirk."
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Many apologize, I know this took super long to get out. Things just kinda got busy. I've been sitting on 75% of this chapter for quite some time, I just could barely find time to finish it.
Also yes, I do fully believe that Kiryu has the capabilities to take out class 1-A, as long as they aren't using quirks against him. The man has been through a lot of different fights.
But that side, I hope you once again enjoy this chapter. ^^