Chapter 23: Captain America vs Red Skull.

Izuku Midoriya knows that he did many insane, stupid and risky acts in his entire life. Such as fighting against four bullies who were older and stronger than him, establish in the army before the right age, infiltrate an enemy base all alone. But jumping from the high-speed car to a flying plane is the biggest one.

Right now, he is holding on the dear life on the chassis, which is slowly inserting itself inside the plane. Inside the Valkyrie Izuku decides to look around the vehicle to find a pilot cockpit. However, he noticed something that took his breath away. He sees multiple small planes with their targets written on them. Such as Boston, Chicago, New York. He understood that these planes can destroy any country. He needs to stop these things.

Suddenly he hears in the background some steps. He then turns around and sees the group of HYDRA soldiers. It looks like that some soldiers did entered the Valkyrie. And if his guess is right then it means that these ones are pilots for this mini-planes.

Captain America decides to act fast. He jumps on the upper level and kicks away one of the soldiers. Seeing an intruder, two of the soldiers takes knives and attacks him. But it was in vain. Midoriya defeats them with single moves, then he picks a knife and throws it at the retreating soldier, killing him.

Unfortunately, his problems are not over. Fallen soldiers are getting up. One of them distracting Izuku while the second one goes to the plane. Seeing the upcoming danger Captain America runs to the console and opens the eject door making the pilot and the vehicle to fall for their death. Midoriya then takes one of the enemies and throws it either to the same door.

However, when he was fighting the enemies, one of them escape it and enters the plane and he is ready to fly away. Captain America is not gonna let it happen. He runs to him and jumps on the vehicle, the last of the soldiers is behind him and joins all of them. Surprising by an assault pilot ejects himself from the Valkyrie taking both of them with it.

Captain America is in struggle. Both the soldiers try to throw him away from the plane, one with the strength the other with sharp turns in the sky. Fortunately, Izuku's hold is strong enough to hold on the plane. Fed up with annoying and meddling soldier, pilot decides to fly up and lose them. At the last moment Midoriya grasps on the glass saving himself while watching as his opponent falls to the propeller disintegrating himself in the pile of blood. Izuku then opens a door and in panic pilot catapults himself. After it he sits in the plane and tries to pilot it back to the Valkyrie.

Red Skull was surprised when he noticed that one of his planes coming back. He doesn't even guess about the pilot's thoughts. He knows who is inside it. His annoying headache, who doesn't learn when to quit. Akaguro then activates turrets and starts shooting in hopes to cut him down. And it worked. One of the shots reached the tail of mini-plane.

However, that didn't make it to fall down. Using his creativity Captain America makes himself behind the Valkyrie. He then activates the maximum speed and crushes himself in the plane. That made an entire vehicle to quake.

Exiting his transport Izuku takes his shield and continues to run to the cockpit to stop Red Skull.

Meanwhile at the same time, after feeling the quake Chizome stands up from his seat, takes his trusty sword Blood Curdle and prepares himself for a final showdown against Captain America.

Both of them had only one thought in their heads.

"This is it!" they thought in determination.


After the crash, Izuku quietly enters the cockpit. He is ready for a final confrontation. Looking around the room is nobody. Searching for a culprit he noticed that the pilot seat is empty. That put in his mind a question: Where is Red Skull.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to think about it. Suddenly Captain America hears a familiar sound of the cannon. Using his quick reflexes Midoriya reflects this shot by his shield making a hole in the glass.

Turning around he sees the enraged Red Skull who is armed with his cannon and his sword Blood Curdle.

"You don't give up, do you?!" he bellowed already knowing the question.

"Never!" Izuku answered while screaming.

The fight has started.

Captain America runs to the Red Skull while reflecting the repeatedly blasts from the cannon. He then punches Chizome in the gut making him lose the weapon. Izuku continues to attack Akaguro with his shield but at the last moment he blocks the shield with his sword. The fact that something could blocks his trusty indestructible weapon shock him. His shield can break walls but can't destroy this sword.

"Surprised?" he said with taunting tone. "That's my sword. He made from the Adamantium. One of the rarest minerals in the world. It's harder than diamond and indestructible as your own shield. I made it when I was in Japan. And I called it Blood Curdle. In addition, it's far superior than your pathetic weapon."

"It doesn't matter which weapon you wield", he started in anger. Nobody mocks his shield and get away with it. "It matters in which hands it uses."

"Let's see about that", he mocks before kicking Izuku making him to fall.

Red Skull then continues to kick him in the gut and Captain America grabs his leg and that makes both of them to roll around the plane. They then both get up and Chizome attacks his opponent repeatedly with his sword, fortunately Midoriya blocks every single one of them and tries to attack with his shield. However, both weapons try to break each other with each strike.

"I still can't believe that you decided to betray your country!" Akaguro spat at him struggling to destroy the shield. "You think that entire world will consider you as a hero. Maybe in America you are a savior. However, Japan would kill you the moment you stomp on the ground. You will have no home."

"It's not my fault that Japan decided to allied themselves with monsters like you!" Midoriya snarled in anger. "It doesn't matter where you were born. What does matter in which side you fight and for what you fight. I fight for my home. My home is where my family and friends are!"

With that shout he finally pushed the Red Skull to the control panel. Unfortunately, Akaguro's landing deactivated the trajectory of Valkyrie, making it to fall down. The unexpected move sends both fighters to the roof of the plane, making them to lose their weapons. That didn't stop them to continue to fight.

However, the speed of the fall keeps increasing every second. Seeing the danger Chizome kicks his opponent of him and climbs to the controls. After some moves, he finally reached controls. He then activates 'Auto-Pilot', which stabilize the plane making it fly straight. That also made Captain America finally to fall down.

Seeing that his enemy getting up, Akaguro takes his throwing knives with a goal to kill him. However, these weapons are different. They are glowing bright blue. The glow as Tesseract. It means that they work the same way as guns. If they got it then you are dead.

"You could have the power of the gods!" he bellowed while throwing knifes. He missed, but the knives made small blue explosions where it landed. "Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!"

Fortunately, Izuku dodged every single one of the knives. That also made Chizome to lose all of his weapons. Both of them look to the center of the cockpit and sees their respectfully weapon. Each near their owners. Seeing that his shield almost here, Midoriya decides to end the fight.

"Not my future!" he screamed while finally grabbing his weapon. "Because I will protect it!"

"We will see about that", Red Skull snarled while grabbing Blood Curdle.

With battle cries both of them runs to each other with a goal to kill each other. Red Skull swing his sword at his enemy, while Captain America uses edge of his shield as a cutter. After what feels like an eternity both weapons collide the final time. And results are surprising. Blood Curdle are shattered on the little pieces. That fact put Akaguro in surprise. He couldn't believe that his incredible katana is destroyed by a shield of all things.

"It's impossible", he thought in shock. "My sword is shattered?!"

Seeing the shock at his opponent's face, Midoriya uses this as an opportunity. And using his other hand he punches Chizome in the face making him to fly into the Tesseract console. That made it to release the glowing Tesseract.

Getting up Akaguro understood that he lost. His army are beaten, bases destroyed, even his plane is taken. In addition, he himself is defeated. And by who? By Captain America, who is a young kid soldier. Right now, Red Skull doesn't care about his ambitions or defeat. He wants to kill him. He would take any chance to accomplish it. Noticing a familiar blue glow, he turns around and sees his power source, The Tesseract. Realizing it he smiles sinisterly.

"It's over, Red Skull", said Izuku coming closer to his enemy. "Surrender now. You lost."

"You…you…you ruined everything I worked for my entire life", Chizome spat at him. He then surprises Midoriya by showing him that he grabbed Tesseract by his bare hands. "Even if I lost everything. I still can kill you. Goodbye American Hero: Captain America."

With these words he thrust the cube at him making a great blue beam. Izuku uses his shield to protect himself, but it pushes him backwards. In addition, the power behind that beam is too strong. He doesn't know if he could hold up much longer.

"Now you see it!" bellowed Red Skull in glee. "That's the power of the gods! They give it to me to change the world! They see me as a true prophet who will guide this society to a better future! And now you will die by their own power!"

At first glance it could mean that Akaguro won. Midoriya can't hold up. He soon will lose it. And he will be a dust.

However, what happens next surprises both of them.

'I wouldn't be so sure'

That made both of fighters to at the second. They could think that they heard a voice. The voice was kind and quiet, but also with a note of authority and power.

"Who said It?!" both occupants thought in confusion and fright.

Then everything became stranger. The cube starts to pour more energy from itself. The beam changes it's trajectory and reveals a window into space. Then a stream of blue energy swirling around Akaguro making him to scream in pain.

"What have you done!?" he creamed in pain. He tries to escape it, but notices that he can't move. He is paralyzed. "I can't move?! Why? What's happening?!"

'You mortal, played with powers beyond your imagination to comprehend. Your lust for power could put not only your planet but entire universe to die.'

"Who are you!?" asked Red Skull. That showed Captain America the emotion he hadn't noticed in his enemy before. The pure fear. "Show Yourself!"

'For your crimes prepare to receive the most terrible and cruel punishment!'

After the mysterious voice ended his speech. Everything starts to end. The blue energy which was swirling around Red Skull before starts to engulfs him completely.

"No!" he screamed in fear and pain.

His scream was short as him starts to glow blue and transforms into blue energy, which takes him in the space window disappearing from the view. At his place big flash happened, which shook through entire plane.

Opening his eyes, Izuku sees that Red Skull disappears. And at his place is nothing. It's over. Chizome Akaguro, leader of HYDRA is dead. Midoriya notices that Tesseract falls to the ground. However, he didn't decide to touch it. After seeing his enemy's death because of it, he will not risk himself by touching it. He is also curious who was this voice, who talked with them.

Hearing of sounds of something melting, he looks down and sees that the cube burns through the floor until it falls into the sea below. Despite the loss of this power source, Captain America is happy that this thing is in the deep sea. After seeing the potential of Tesseract that killed many people, he understood that nobody should have so much power. It's too dangerous.

Unfortunately, that's not the end of his problems.