Chapter 18
Yuki had gone out for lunch that day. He needed a bit of a change of scenery and perhaps try a new dish or two. Yet, as he returned to the Association, he saw someone wearing one of those tech power suits standing before the fake front of the Association. "ANYONE HOME! YOUR NEW S CLASS HERO HAS ARRIVED!" called out the arrogant teen.
Yuki got a little curious as he approached. "Can I help you?" he asked aloud.
The teen turned, and gave a coy smirk. "Oh? You work here?" he asked.
"More or less…" Yuki said as he popped a piece of gum into his mouth. "Who are you?"
The kid's chest boasted outward, in a very dignified manner he said. "I am Waganma!" he said proudly. "Papa bought me the best tech armor money could buy. I aim to become a hero, so… let me in already and make me an S class hero!" he demanded.
Yuki wasn't the least bit impressed. "Yeah… right… Look kid…"
"Who are you by the way? Some piss on here?"
Yuki paused. "Excuse me?"
"You don't look important, you must be in a low ranking position like fabrication. This suit is beyond your own skills to say the least, look, bring me to the one in change and I am sure we can sort this out like adults. You don't need to bother being there…"
"Do you know who even runs this place?" Yuki asked as his arms crossed. The more he stood before the kid, the more annoyed he became. It was taking every ounce of his moral fiber not to belt him!
"Sitch from the Heroes Association, my papa was one of the top donors you know. He was SO important, they sent nearly the whole S Class to come and save me when I got kidnapped by the monsters association!"
"Oh… your that shit stain huh?"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!"
"Shit… stain." Yuki said slowly. "My sister told me all about you, by the way, she's the one who runs this place, not Sitch."
He suddenly looked a little pale, but regained his composure. Clearing his voice, Waganma said. "Whoever it maybe, I will prove I am an S class hero!" he stated.
"You will huh?" Yuki said with great interest, he took out his phone, first he typed in a code to get the fake set up ready and into an industrial spar room. Next he called in two favors and waited for them to be in the room before allowing Waganma in. "Well if you are willing to prove it, then I can't stop you. I will have two former S Class heroes watch on and judge. I'll test you out personally."
A coy grin came over the teenager. "You? With what? This tech suit strengths me over 100 fold!" he bragged.
"Oh yeah, your strength a 100 fold greater… I'm shaking in my boots…" Yuki said sarcastically. He got the message, his two spotters were in position and ready. "Very well then, let's see what you got, follow me."
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The doors opened. Yuki walked in first and smiled as he saw the two heroes he called in. Zombieman and Pig God stood at the ready as Waganma entered. His eyes widened as he smile. "Pig God… Zombieman…" he whispered.
"You shitting me on this?" Zombieman muttered to Yuki.
"Just humor me if you don't mind." Yuki whispered back, Zombieman gave but a nod as he stepped off to the side and watched from the far wall. Pig God remained in the middle of the room oddly enough.
"So, I am to demonstrate my abilities here? Perfect!"
"Not so fast…" Yuki announced. "The purpose of this is to see if you can truly be a hero. You need to take into factor the people around you when confronting a monster as well as watching your own strength. My friend here is going to remain in place. You are going to battle me, however at the same time, he may move about. Your objective is this… stop me… without putting him in harms way or danger"
"Wait? That's it?"
"Also…" called Zombieman from the wall. "You need to be fast, quick and decisive. Your actions can cause a panic…" he struck a button along the wall, the once empty room appeared to become a bustling city street. "This is a highly sensory detection system. It will pick up on your frustration and every emotion you emit during battle. The moment you lose your cool is when people become startled and scared. Which causes a panic. As heroes…"
"Blah, blah, blah!" Waganma stated. "Let's just get his show over with, you are going to be too easy to beat…" he stated and powered up his suit.
Yuki smirked as he donned on his goggle.
"Goggles?! What on earth are you wearing those for!" Waganma demanded.
"You got your equipment, I got mind. Zombieman, please start the countdown. Pig God, please step in if this is too much for the simulator or if I am going a little overboard."
Pig God nodded as Zombieman typed in the program. The lights went out as a countdown from three began.
3
2
1
The lights came on, Waganma found himself in the middle of a busy street, the virtual people appeared almost real to him…
BASH!
From the side he was struck. Yuki smirked, as the holograms were quick to back up and give them space. "Cheap trick!" he protested.
"There are no rules in monster battles, monsters do whatever it takes to win. A hero must take that into account and be aware of his or her surroundings!" Yuki snapped back. He then went at him again, before Waganma could catch his breath, Yuki already got his hands into a crack of the power suit. Effortlessly he lifted the arrogant kid off the ground and slammed him hard into it! The suit was already starting to spark from damage!
"Cheap ass suit." Yuki smirked.
Wag was getting upset. "You insolate peasant! This is a multi million dollar suit!" he protested.
"Wasted money,"
He wasn't going to take it lying down. Waganma began to power it up, turning the notch nearly to full blast. "You will pay! I am going to be the best hero here! I am the best since papa told me so!" he shouted.
Yuki sighed as he turned to Pig God who gave a nod of approval.
With that, he stood perfectly in place and waited. The cocky teen was about to overload his suit. One thing Yuki forgot to mention about his goggles is that he has built in a little computer within them. Scanning and compressing data in what he sees. His goggles picked up the weak point in the armor, and now it was registering something else. 'Hackware…' he saw. 'No doubt the Organization trying to break into Alley's lab again. Better end this quick…'
Wag began to charge at him with everything he possessed, Yuki easily avoided all his attempted strike. "Despite the fact… this improves your strength 100 fold… if you have none… 100 times zero is still zero!"
SMASH
A stiff shot to the power core and Yuki fried the suit! Waganma froze as it began to go haywire, then… BOOM
The thing broke off his body, lying in pieces along the ground. "That's it, calling it now" Zombieman announced.
The hologram shut off. "Wait, I want a do over!"
"No do overs, according to hologram it registered the damage you have done, the force of your strike would have sent chunks of street into the crowds, killing 40 people. Your strike against the sidewalk, cause tremors, harming surrounding civilians within a ten foot radius. Pig God was moving about, however according to the sensors, he would have been struck twenty times by various debris. Kid, you ain't no hero… you're a walking bomb!" Zombieman announced.
"I got to agree, too much damage, people killed for goodness sake!" Yuki stated. "You did more harm than me"
"NO, I WILL BE A HERO HERE, MY FATHER SAID SO! HE SAID I WAS THE BEST HERO HE HAD EVER SEEN!"
"Look here kid" Zombieman announced.
"NO! YOU LISTEN HERE HAS BEEN!" Waganma snapped back. "I am the new hero this world needs. I am the one who is going to be greater than Blast!"
"Who?" Yuki asked. "Never heard of him."
Waganma paused. "Blast… number one hero of the heroes association, everyone knows him!"
Yuki shrugged. "Either way, I am board of this, leave already…"
"I will not leave until I am declared a member of this organization!"
Yuki sighed aloud to it all, the whole thing was now giving him a headache. The pain in the ass teen wasn't going away any time soon. "Oh hey… look who it is! It's Wiggy!"
Yuki froze as Hunter came into the room. Waganma froze stiff as he turned and saw Hunter smirking at him. "You… You're here!?"
"No shit, my sister runs the place." His smile only grew. "Ooo looking to be a hero now are we? You know what… funny that you HAPPEN to come here… I was looking for a new sparring partner after I broke the last guy!"
A different shade of white came over the arrogant teen, which suddenly shifted his petrified look to Yuki. "Well it was an accident…" Yuki began to say. "But the doctor said he has never seen someone's limbs break in such a way before…"
"AAAAHHHHH! PPPPPAAAPPPAAAA!" He couldn't get out fast enough, Waganma vanished out the door and out of sight.
Yuki took a deep breath of relief. "Thank God you came Hunter, that kid was a pain in my ass!"
"Trust me, if a pain in the ass had a face, it would be his. Piece of shit kid too." Hunter muttered.
Zombieman snickered. "No kidding, we risked our lives for that" he muttered, but then stared down at the suit. "Left his power suit here…"
"Good, because I am getting the Organization radio feed… they are behind these things and were planning on using the suit as a way in… perhaps… I got a better idea…"
He paused. "Oh Zombieman, can you come see me at the lab, I got some bullets I need you to test out for me."
He looked intrigued. "Bullets you say?"
"Yep, and trust me, this will knock em dead!"
