Chapter 17

Killua and Edgeshot were patrolling around alleyways in downtown Tokyo. It was already evening, but the sun had yet to set. They were out of sight from anyone on the main roads, unless someone really tried to find them.

"This area is often filled with crime, like gang fights and drug deals," Edgeshot explained quietly while Killua took in the information and his surroundings. They continued strolling down the alley, waiting for anything to happen.

Killua vaguely heard a window open somewhere on a building. He had the feeling it was behind him, but he did not want to turn around to check. "Edgeshot, I think something's about to happen…" he whispered. His muscles tensed, ready to move the instant he felt something was off. Edgeshot tensed up too at his intern's words. He trusted the boy's instincts.

CRASH

Down near the main road, a loud sound that could have potentially been a car accident rang out. The duo also heard a bullet fire from behind them, and they activated their respective powers to escape. Edgeshot formed into a thin line faster than Killua activated Godspeed. Edgeshot followed where he heard the bullet come from while the teen ran in between two buildings in an alleyway covered by garbage cans that lead to the main road where the crash came from. Killua saw people running down the sidewalk of the main street as if something was chasing them.

BANG BANG

Two more bullets were fired behind Killua but in the alleyway he was just in seconds prior where Edgeshot was the only one there now. Edgeshot snaked behind Killua which the teen sensed before the hero could accidentally scare him.

"This seems to be a coordinated villain attack to me," the hero explained his thoughts. "We may be a target, but there is at least one person causing trouble on the main road. I want you to go to the road and see what's happening and report it to me. I will take care of the shooters around here."

Killua nodded and ran to the road while Edgeshot snaked around bullets that were aimed for him. The pro hero climbed up walls in his thin form and entered the open windows. He struck the shooters in pressure points around the body so quickly they could not even react before falling unconscious.

Meanwhile, Killua got to the main road where he saw a large muscleman, likely with a Quirk that makes him bigger, wreaking havoc. The initial crash they heard was him jumping on a car and crushing it.

Killua tensed up again and looked up to the roof of the building behind him. It was the same building he thought he heard the window open from right before he told Edgeshot what he felt. A gun was pointing down at him, and the finger on the trigger signalled to Killua that the user was about to shoot.

The silver haired teen narrowed his eyes and ran back into the alley before jumping from wall to wall between the two buildings and soaring above the building with the shooter on top. The person turned around and re-aimed the gun. They were wearing big black goggles, so Killua had no idea who it was, but he doubted he personally knew them.

Pre-emptively, Killua kicked his right leg out because he saw the gun about to fire. The bullet was shot straight for where Killua was falling towards on the roof, but the wind from his kick blew the bullet away. He landed on his feet and rushed the gunman. With a press to his neck, he knocked the villain out with electricity. "Time to find Edgeshot," Killua mumbled. He looked over the roof and saw the big muscleman still destroying stuff, and people were running away as fast as they could.

He sprinted to the edge of the backside of the building and slipped in through an open window. The gunmen inside were knocked out, so Killua silently sped through the building and found Edgeshot come out of a different room with his full body in normal form. "We're on the fourth floor, but there is someone on the roof," Edgeshot stated. "And there is a large villain outside destroying property. He must be stopped."

"I knocked the guy on the roof out," Killua said casually. "He was aiming for me with his gun, so I guess we're the targets of these villains."

"That's a dangerous thing to do, to confront an armed villain," Edgeshot scolded with furrowed eyebrows. "But it seems you're okay, so there is not much I can say about your past actions." He paused for a moment and listened for something. "There are some more villains downstairs. I saw them a minute ago as well. Let's go knock them out, and then I will handle the villain outside."

They swiftly went down the emergency stairs with Edgeshot leading. Edgeshot opened the door to the second floor, and the villains were immediately alerted. Before Edgeshot could say anything, one of them threw a smoke grenade while another one seemingly manipulated the smoke to make it heavier and more suffocating. Having memorized where they were, Killua yawned and ran through the smoke, knocking each of the three villains out while Edgeshot was still stuck in the smoke.

Killua cleared the smoke with a kick in the air. Edgeshot was stunned that Killua took them all out, but he nodded nonetheless. He did not think these villains were armed, or else they would have used their weapons aside from a smoke grenade.

The duo went out to the street by jumping out of the second story window. Quickly, Edgeshot turned into a thin strip and attacked the big villain in several pressure points. After several hits, he finally fell over, unconscious.

The reporters that came asked Edgeshot what had happened, and all the Pro replied with was, "I do not know what their motive was, but my intern and I have taken down all of the villains. The police are now arresting them." The hero bowed and walked away while ignoring any subsequent questions.

"That is how I deal with the press," Edgeshot explained once he walked over to Killua, and the teen grinned at Edgeshot's unbothered demeanor and the agitated reporters. The hero-intern pair continued walking through alleys in case they found something else to handle.


At the same time Killua and Edgeshot were dealing with their villains, Gon, Shoto, and Endeavor were walking to the elevator in the Endeavor Agency building. "If past data is anything to go by, the Hero Killer will stay in Hosu City until he kills or injures a few more heroes," Endeavor explained his reasoning to go to Hosu City. "He doesn't spend too much time in one city, but he does aim for a certain number of victims. We're going to head over there, and if we run into them, do not get in the way," he said in a gruff tone. The hero's head turned slightly back and he brought his eyes to the corner to see the reaction from the two. Both Gon and Shoto nodded in understanding.

Once outside, a taxi was waiting for them. "Uh…we're taking a taxi?" Gon asked and looked up at the tall hero.

Endeavor did not look back but responded, "Yes. We'll get too much attention if we take any public transportation." He opened the front door and sat inside while gesturing to Gon and Shoto that they should sit in the back.

Inside the car, Gon let out a sigh and that nobody paid attention to. He recapped the day thus far in his thoughts. The entire morning, Gon was doing petty weight and stamina training. Endeavor did not know how the green haired teen could train his power more. He had suggested Gon try any flight capabilities he may have, but the Class B student responded by saying he could already do that if he jumps and keeps kicking his legs. That was a Nen exercise he gave himself to work towards on Whale Island in the past year so that he would not be slacking.

While Gon had been training, Endeavor helped Shoto train his fire. The way he used his fire was quite similar to his ice, but the properties of that half of his Quirk were completely different.

Now, they were on their way to Hosu City to potentially find the Hero Killer.

Gon was fidgeting around for quite some time and looking out the window to see the tall buildings they passed by. The silence was unnerving to him. But, he did not know what to talk about. When he talked to his fellow intern yesterday, he did not want to talk much about Endeavor, so Gon figured there must be some problems between the two. Then that begged the question why Shoto would choose to intern with his father at all.

It took a lot of time before the taxi arrived in Hosu City. It was already evening, and it was getting dark. At one point, the taxi stopped at a restaurant so that they could pick up dinner and eat it during the commute.

Hosu City looked like a proper city with big buildings as far as Gon could tell. He was still impressed despite currently living in a very populated metro area in Japan. The only other city he had been to was YorkNew City back in his world.

The only current difference in Hosu City was a large cloud of smoke rising from far ahead, likely from a fire of some sort from what Gon could tell.

The three got out of the taxi and stared into the distance, wondering what could be happening.

"Hello?" Endeavor suddenly said behind Gon. He spun around and saw the hero talking on his phone while staring ahead past some buildings blocking them from the main commotion.

"I see," Endeavor continued to the person on the phone. "I just reached Hosu City. I'll do whatever I can." He pulled the phone away from his ear and put it away. "There are some…villains attacking up ahead from what the support staff back at the agency told me," he announced to Gon and Shoto. "Somehow, a fire started from that, so we're going to help out over there. I will be the one doing any fighting unless I say otherwise. Let's go! It's urgent!"

Endeavor began running down the empty sidewalks with Gon and Shoto following behind. Some sidekicks from the agency had also come to Hosu City via the train system, and they were with the three as well.

Along the way, Shoto felt a vibration from his phone in his pocket. He opened the notification. Midoriya messaged the class group chat with just his location on a map. What…?

"Shoto, follow me! I'm going to show you what it means to be a hero and how to deal with this kind of stuff!" Endeavor's voice boomed because he turned around, noticing that his son had stopped moving. Gon spun around and watched his fellow intern closely.

Midoriya's not the type to do something like this without giving any information…he could be in trouble… Shoto ignored what his father was saying and turned around and ran the opposite way.

"Where are you going?!" Endeavor shouted out.

"There's an alley at 4-2-10 Ekou Street," Shoto responded without turning back. "I don't know what's there, but send any free Pros over, or come yourself." He paused for a moment before saying in a much quieter voice, "My friend might be in trouble."

Endeavor's face softened after the last line. He simply nodded and looked at Gon. "Rock Fist, follow me." Gon obliged but not before turning around one last time to check on Shoto. The other teen had already disappeared by turning around a corner somewhere.

Gon and Endeavor, along with a couple of Endeavor's sidekicks, were running for a few minutes towards the center of commotion. Up ahead, they saw an inhuman monster about to attack a couple. An old man dressed in a yellow costume, likely a hero, was about to kick the monster.

Endeavor blasted a large beam of fire at the monster and yelled, "Watch out!" The old hero saw the fire cover the villain and stopped his attack in mid-air and changed his direction to jump backwards.

"That was too close," the old hero grumbled and looked over where the fire came from. There, he saw a man that everyone would recognize.

"Honoured elder, feel free to leave this being to me," Endeavor stated as he walked up to monster that was on all fours and looked quite damaged.

"Endeavor, why are you here?" the woman from the couple who just got saved asked in shock.

"Simple. It's because I am a hero," Endeavor responded with a grin. The man and the woman nodded and ran off to leave the scene. Gon watched in excitement to see how Endeavor would fight the monster. "My attack wasn't too hot or powerful, but I'm surprised it's conscious."

Endeavor was about to use another attack, but the monster released the fire back at Endeavor. The hero swung his hand to the side which fanned the flames away. Gon mimicked the action to keep the fire away from him as well.

"Todoroki, it has multiple Quirks-" the old hero on the side started but quickly stopped. The monster was bulking up its size and strength and jumped into the air. It opened its mouth, and a tongue came out which began to grow in size and shape to attack Endeavor.

The old hero in yellow got to his feet and flew through the tongue-web the monster was making. He flew even further up and turned around when he deemed himself to be in a good striking distance. He came crashing down with a kick to the monster's back and crushed it into the road, knocking it out.

"You're good, honourable elder," Endeavor stated in a slightly-impressed tone. Gon himself was impressed at how quickly the old hero turned around in the air. Perhaps it was part of his Quirk, or did it come through training and experience?

An explosion sounded in the distance where the main trouble was taking place. Endeavor looked up to the sky where a huge cloud of smoke was rising into the sky.

"Call me Gran Torino," the hero corrected. "Let's tie this guy up quickly and head where the others are."

Endeavor raised his eyebrow when Gran Torino mentioned there being others. "Leave that to my sidekick. Gran Torino, I think I should be adequate backup over there." He gestured to where the huge smoke cloud was coming from, and the older hero had a sinking feeling, but he was unsure of where Endeavor was going with this. "Please go to the location I tell you. It's an alleyway near 4-2-10 Ekou Street. I want you to see what's happening over there and handle anything you need to."

Now Gran Torino raised his eyebrow. "A completely different location…alright, Todoroki. I will go there, and trust that you're sending me somewhere it's worth going. Handle things in that main area." With that, Gran Torino flew off into the air, and Gon watched him go.

Endeavor's sidekicks began dealing with the villain Gran Torino knocked out. The Number 2 Hero himself looked over his shoulder to see Gon standing there and watching the sidekicks. He noticed Endeavor looking at him, and he turned his eyes to the hero. Endeavor gestured his head to where the main trouble was, and Gon grinned. The flaming hero sprinted off, and Gon ran after him.

After a few minutes of running, they arrived in the main area where two other monsters were destroying everything in sight. At the moment, the whole area was covered in smoke, so something must have been recently destroyed. Endeavor waited for the smoke to settle as he could not see through it.

Once it cleared enough, Endeavor saw a flying monster carrying an injured hero away through the air. "Rock Fist, help the heroes and police with evacuating!" Endeavor shouted and got the attention of all the nearby pros who just saw Endeavor.

"Endeavor!" a hero shouted in surprise because he was not expecting the second strongest hero in Japan to be here.

The fiery hero charged up a ball of fire and tossed it at the flying monster, but it dodged the attack. Endeavor growled and ran to his right towards a building so he could jump off of it and gain height. He spared a fraction of a second to see what Gon was up to.

Gon was staring ahead where the other monster, a hulking being with skin that looked and felt like metal was about to clobber down a female hero. Endeavor's eyes widened in that split second he looked back, and he did not think he could make it in time even if he turned around. But if he did turn around, the monster flying in the air would escape with the injured hero it was carrying.

Gon watched the hulking monster on the ground with widened and razor focused senses. I'm not a hero at home. I don't really save people. I'm a Hunter. But, I can change that here! Letting this world get ruined would upset the friends I've made here! That's what I care about: my friends. Nobody can save her except me! Endeavor is too far and focused on something else! Gon released his Ren which exploded around him.

"Watch out!" a hero standing right next to Gon who wore a blue and white shirt with a helmet with a fish-like fin yelled to the woman in an alarmed voice. The woman did not know the danger she was in.

The hero with the helmet felt something shoot off from next to him with such force it destabilized his balance. The kid that was standing next to him was no longer there.

Gon held out his left fist and blasted over past the woman. He slammed his fist into the monster's raised arm with an impact that blasted strong winds around the area. The monster was sent flying back several meters with a heavily injured arm that began regenerating. The green haired teen landed softly on his feet behind the woman who had her mouth open and slowly turned her head around. Gon was facing the monster, but he spun his head around and offered her a big smile.

"You…you're the winner of the first year Sports Festival…" she mumbled in shock at the fact a kid had saved her.

In that same time Gon punched the monster, Endeavor ran up the outer wall of a building, leaving big foot imprints of fire in the bricks used to construct it. He leapt off the building and threw a spear made of fire at the flying monster. It hit the monster directly in the head, and it let go of the hero in its pain.

Endeavor propelled himself forward with his fire to get a burst of speed. He caught the hero and landed on the ground, dragging his feet on the road and destroying it as if there was a path of lava. He looked up at the villain getting away and grit his teeth in frustration. "That won't be good," he muttered to himself.

He heard a shout behind him and spun around instantly. Endeavor sprinted forward and laid the hero down somewhere safe. He saw Gon facing off against the hulking monster which was running towards the boy. All of the pros were shouting at Gon to move and preparing their own attacks, but Endeavor ignored all of the background noise and preparation and ran right in.

"It can regenerate," Gon called out to his hero who did not make any action to show he heard the teen.

Endeavor knocked the monster's hands to the side and grabbed its head. "Let's try this," he suggested. His hands lit up, and a beam of fire covered the villain's head as it sounded a horrific scream of pain. The fire went on for quite a while behind the villain. Endeavor raised the temperature of his fire so high to the point where it turned blue. The villain continued screaming until Endeavor stopped his attack where it then fell to the ground. "Carbonized cells cannot regenerate," the hero said in a satisfied voice.

Endeavor turned around and glared at Gon, but he did not say anything. Instead, he addressed the heroes. "Go to an alley near 4-2-10 Ekou Street," he told them. "I will find the flying monster and bring it down."

"Is there a villain there too?" a hero asked as Endeavor walked past them in the direction where the Nomu had flew off.

"I don't know, but go check it out," Endeavor said to everyone's shock and dismay.

"That's an odd request…" the hero with a fish fin on his helmet muttered. Endeavor did not know if there was a villain at the location he mentioned, but for some reason, he was telling them to go there anyways. The whole thing sounded strange.

Endeavor ignored the looks the heroes were giving him. He turned around where Gon was waiting for him to say something, anything. "Rock Fist," he said quietly. "Go there as well. Make sure Shoto is okay." Gon nodded, surprised Endeavor was not saying anything about how he got in the way of the big monster that regenerated. He could see in the hero's eyes that, behind the ferocity and strength they held, there was a look of pleading and concern. Endeavor nodded once then ran in the direction he last saw the flying Nomu.

The green haired teen pulled his phone out and checked where that street was. He had no clue where that could be, and he did not want to follow the heroes who were also headed there because that would be too slow for him. He entered the address in his mapping app and saw where it was located. He shoved the phone away and ran in a different direction than where the others were going.

"Kid! Follow us, the street is this way!" a hero shouted out.

Gon did not bother looking behind him. "I found a faster way!" he shouted back. The other heroes had varying reactions of confusion because they used a mapping app on a phone that said the way they were going was the fastest route. Gon sped up and went to a secluded area between two tall buildings. There shouldn't be anyone around here. They should all have been evacuated. So, I can do as I want. He flooded his legs with his Nen and waited for a few seconds until he made sure he had plenty. Then, he bent his knees and the ground cracked beneath him.

Gon jumped and a huge gust of wind and a shockwave followed when he left the ground. The spiky green haired teen soared into the sky well above the height of any nearby buildings. He could feel gravity working against him after a few seconds, so he took the chance to look at his surroundings. Behind him was the fire and smoke where he had just previously been with Endeavor and the others.

He looked away from there and scanned his eyes over the buildings and streets in front of him and below him. He saw a beam of fire illuminate against the side of a building far in front but to his right. That has to be him, Gon confirmed.

Since his destination was to his right side, Gon lifted his left foot in front of him so that his knee was right under his chest. With each passing second, he was now losing height. But, he estimated the horizontal momentum from his kicks would be enough to get where he needed to.

He swung his left foot back and a bit to his left as hard as he could which shifted his body's direction more to the right. He continued the motion, but this time with his right foot and with much less power because he did not want to mess up his direction. Each kick resulted in a burst of speed and slight height increase. He repeated and alternated legs until he had flown the distance he needed to. Now, Gon focused on landing.

More Nen flooded in his legs as he aimed for the road to be his landing ground. His feet touched the ground, and he felt like he would fall over several times because he needed the perfect balance between leaning forward and back to stay standing. Gon grit his teeth and let his feet drag and tear up the road behind him before he finally slowed down. He looked up at the alley where he saw more fire illuminating the darkness.

Gon hopped out of the path of destruction his feet left in the road without a second thought to it. He had a punch ready in his right fist for whoever would be on the receiving end. He burst into the alley and saw four people unmoving on the ground. A man wearing a distinct villain costume was standing over someone in an armour suit while holding a sword down, ready to stab them.

The new entrant released his punch, and a flurry of wind howled and ripped down the narrow alley. The villain lost his balance and his sword, and the four people skidded a bit from the force of the wind.

Stain growled as he eyed the newcomer. "Another child," he said venomously. "How many children are going to bother me today? Just let me do my job."

"G-Gon?!" The green haired teen recognized the voice but had not looked at who was in the alley until now when Stain was no longer standing over the fallen person in the armour.

"Midoriya," Gon greeted the other green haired teen who was not moving at the moment. He looked to Midoriya's right on the opposite wall where he could see Shoto Todoroki peering at him. "Endeavor sent me to make sure you were okay. I don't know if you care about him based on our conversation yesterday, but I know he cares at least a bit about you."

Todoroki's eyes widened quickly. They narrowed again to their normal size, and he stared down at the ground. Todoroki wanted to say something, but he was not sure what to say about Endeavor. He filled the silence with something else. "Gon, if you fight the Hero Killer, don't get cut by his swords or knives. If he licks your blood, you won't be able to move."

Gon scrunched his nose in disgust but nodded nonetheless. "That's a disgusting Quirk," he said to Stain with a fierce glare. "But that makes the strategy simple. Just don't get cut."

"You came here to look after your friend because the biggest fake hero told you to?" Stain sneered at Gon. "That makes you a fake hero yourself. I should purge you as well."

Gon shrugged. "I care a lot about my friends."

"And not so much about strangers?" the villain questioned. "The purpose of a hero is to save anyone they can. If you only care about the people close to you…"

"Gon! You don't need to fight him!" a new voice shouted out. "I know I've never talked to you, but none of you need to fight him! I started this, let me end it!" On the ground in the armoured hero suit was Tenya Iida.

"Why would this be your fight?" Gon ignored Stain and asked the teen who was face-down on the ground and struggling to turn his head to face the new boy who came to fight.

"He attacked my brother, almost killed him! I need to give him justice!" Iida shouted out.

"You want revenge, huh?" Gon said quietly. He was not looking, but he could sense something coming. Gon moved his head to his right and narrowly dodged a knife Stain threw that would have otherwise hit his face. He did not have his Ten up at the time, so it would have definitely left a mark.

"Quit talking and fight if you want to," Stain growled at Gon quickly to avoid showing his impressed reaction to the boy's speed.

Gon moved without another word. He blurred in front of the villain who barely had time to react to his opponent's speed. Stain swung his sword in front of him, but Gon jumped over the man entirely. Once he landed on his feet, he immediately went for a turn-around kick in Stain's back. The foot slammed Stain several meters forward, but even while Stain did not have his balance, he tossed a knife behind him with perfect accuracy in an attempt to cut Gon's right arm.

Gon grabbed the knife out of the air with his right hand and threw it right back. Stain turned around in time to block his own knife with his long sword. Behind the villain, Gon saw that Midoriya was able to move again.

The green haired teen with curly hair silently got to his feet and bent his knees. His body glowed with green arcs of energy as he jumped at the wall on his opposite side where Todoroki was still sitting down, unable to move yet. Midoriya bounced around on the walls, but he made enough noise to the point where Stain was aware that he had two opponents to fight.

"Ah, Midoriya, you got a hang of using your Quirk evenly through your body!" Gon said with a satisfied grin as his eyes darted around and watched the Class A student move.

"Gran Torino helped me get it down by building on the fundamentals you showed me! Aghhh-" Midoriya jumped towards Stain while yelling with a punch aimed at the villain's head.

In the blink of an eye, Stain stepped away from his current location and went after Gon who had not moved. "Gran Torino is a cool hero. He and Endeavor took down a Nomu," Gon explained and ducked under a sword that Stain slashed at him. He quickly gathered some Nen and flicked all five fingers on his left hand. Stain was pushed back and forcefully turned to the side, and Midoriya landed a punch to the back of Stain's head.

Stain took the punch and hit the wall next to him a bit further down the alley from Todoroki and on the opposite side. At that moment, Todoroki felt that he could move again. He shot up to his feet and sent ice to Stain with the intent to trap him. Midoriya had leapt in with another punch at the same time the ice was travelling towards their opponent.

"I'm not going to kill you…" Stain said to Midoriya as the teen was approaching with his fist. "But…" He slashed his sword in front and to his right where the ice was coming from.

Todoroki and Iida's eyes widened as they saw what was happening. "Midoriya!" they both screamed at the same time. Iida so desperately wanted to move and push Midoriya out of the way.

Gon remained calm the whole time. He had fought stronger and scarier opponents than Stain. He grabbed on to Midoriya's legs and pulled the boy out of the way of the sword that would have otherwise caused a long-term injury on his shoulder, but it would not have killed him. Instead, Midoriya felt a stinging cut in his left leg down near his ankle right above his shoe. He yelled out in pain as Gon pulled him back even more and laid him down against the wall.

Stain's sword continued to his right side where the ice was coming quick and Todoroki was glaring at him with determined eyes. A wall of ice began to form, but the sword broke through it all. As quickly as he could while Gon laid Midoriya down, Stain licked the fresh blood on his sword and paralyzed Midoriya's body.

"Good catch," Stain sneered to Gon. "If you didn't bring him back, he would have got injured pretty badly and would not be able to fight again tonight. My goal was not to kill him, but to make sure one less child would be fighting me." The villain's eyes darkened and his voice got lower. "But I still need to kill the fake heroes."

Stain rushed over and aimed to where the Pro Hero Native lay paralyzed on the ground. He was just about to reach the hero and stab him with his sword when a line of fire blocked the path between him and Native. Stain glared at the source of the fire, and Todoroki glared right back.

The villain blurred to Todoroki and stuck his sword out. The hero student leaped backwards, but he still got cut on his face under his eye where his burn scar was. Stain was just about to lick that blood, but he momentarily forgot his other enemy and felt a sharp pang on his right shoulder and got pushed to the ground. Stain's sword flew out of his hand and into the air as it flipped around.

Gon made the mistake of looking up at the sword after punching the villain. Stain kicked his leg at both of Gon's, and the teen's heart rate spiked for a split second because of his loss of footing. He landed on the ground in push-up form.

Stain got up, and Todoroki moved back a couple steps. Stain jumped and caught the sword and was ready to go for the kill on Gon and Native. Todoroki rose a wall of ice between Stain and his two allies to protect them.

"Everybody! Why are you…fighting for me…bleeding for me!" Iida shouted out from his position on the ground with tears in his eyes. Stain slashed his way through the ice and made a sprint for Todoroki.

"Because we're heroes," Todoroki responded coolly with his senses all focused on Stain. Then he tensed up and raised his left arm. "Look closely at who you want to be, Iida! The old Iida would never go for revenge!" Todoroki summoned the heat, and his left side flared up and blasted fire at Stain. The villain jumped back several times down the alley to avoid it.

From his push-up stance, Gon pushed himself to his feet in one motion. "I don't know much about you, Iida, but revenge isn't the way." I speak from experience.

"Stain…he…Ingenium was a great hero!" Iida finally shouted with more tears in his eyes, so much so that they were dripping on the cement below.

Kite was a great Hunter too! Gon wanted to shout out but refrained from doing so. Even though, he's still alive, as a Chimera Ant. Or she, rather. "Then be a great hero like Ingenium was! Revenge and justice are two different things!" I learned it the hard way…I gave up so much back then. Even Killua was disappointed. Gon spun around and stared at Iida with such an intense focus. "I've seen those eyes before." I've had them myself. "Once you get your revenge, what then?" It just leads a hole that doesn't make you or your friends feel good. "Would you be a great hero in Japan if you attacked or killed someone for revenge?"

Iida's eyes widened in realization while Gon continued staring at him with an intense focus. Behind them, Todoroki and Stain continued fighting, with the teen keeping the villain at bay using ranged attacks.

A whizzing sound in the air brought Gon's attention to the fight behind him. He instinctively ducked, and over his head flew a knife Stain threw that Todoroki could not even warn Gon about.

Gon turned around to see Todoroki using more ice to trap Stain, but the villain slashed through it. Stain pushed ahead even more. Todoroki's right arm was wide open to being cut off by Stain. Gon prepared to intercept and shove Stain to the side, but he did not need to.

"RECIPRO…BURST!" a voice yelled from behind Gon. By the time the green haired teen looked behind him, he felt a rush of wind beside him and Iida was not on the ground anymore. Gon spun his head and focused on the scene in front of him. Iida had stopped Stain from cutting Todoroki's arm and instead managed to kick and move the villain back. "Thank you for your words, Todoroki and Gon. I understand now what a hero would do," Iida said in a low voice and with his focus on Stain only.

Using his last bit of burst momentum, Iida swung his right leg out for another kick. Stain jumped back, and the leg was out of range from Stain's chest where it was aimed. Iida's Engines jammed up because they began overheating, but Todoroki put up several pillars of ice while Stain hopped between them.

"Focusing on so many opponents must have made him tired," Todoroki said quickly and acknowledging what Iida said with a nod. He did not let his eyes leave the enemy. "We can finish him now." With that statement, the teen released another blast of fire, but Stain jumped off one pillar of ice and leapt high above.

"Fake heroes do not change so easily," Stain said in a cold voice as he let himself drop to the ground before jumping up again.

"Ignore him! Todoroki, can you freeze my legs without plugging up my exhausts?!" Iida shouted. Todoroki let Stain leave his vision for a moment to glance at Iida about the odd request. Up above, Stain yelled something else and threw a knife down aimed for Todoroki. Iida took the knife on his arm to protect Todoroki and fell over on the ground.

Todoroki began freezing Iida's legs while carefully avoiding the exhausts. He was worried about Iida taking the knife, but the usually-diligent student bit the knife and pulled it out with his mouth. A bit down the street, Midoriya could move again, but Stain pinned him to the wall with a knife. Stain threw one more knife at Gon, but the teen simply sidestepped it.

"RECIPRO…EXTEND!" Iida shot up the wall of the building Stain was descending from. Rocks flew up from the power of his jump, and Gon compared the power to his own jump when he flew over.

Midoriya unpinned himself from the wall. "One For All: Full Cowling!" he whispered to himself and shot up to meet Stain as well and attack alongside Iida. SMAAAAAASHHHHHHH! Midoriya shouted in his mind as his fist made contact with Stain's head and sent spit flying out of his mouth. Iida slammed Stain's chest with a ruthless kick from his powerful boosted legs which shoved the villain into the wall of the building behind him.

Todoroki froze up the side of the building and made an ice slide for his two friends to come down while trapping Stain in the ice and bringing him back down as well.

Gon slowly walked up to the trapped villain and glared at him. Stain was still conscious, but Gon could see he might not remain that way for too much longer. He turned around and looked at the three Class A students behind him. "He still isn't knocked out," he said and pointed at Stain. When nobody moved, Gon huffed, "Fine, I'll do it myself." He charged up a punch and leapt up. He swung his hand down below him. A gust of wind broke the ice Stain was surrounded by, but the force of the wind slamming the man into the ground was enough to knock him out.

"There we go," Gon said as he landed on his feet.


Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I don't have anything else to say, so I'll see you all next time!