Chapter 10 here we go. Most of this chapter will be mainly a fight. Also I think it will show one flaw in ONE's identity as a hero. I hope there isn't too much death here, OPM really seems to gloss over that, with all the monster attacks you cant convince me a lot of people don't die. compared to the other monsters I plan on including in the story Vaccine Man will do the most damage, with the others just having confrontations with ONE. Since you asked, I plan on having the sky, ancient and deep sea kings appear and lastly Boros and the dark matter thieves. This may set the tone for a new love interest for Izuku as well as a hero friend for ONE. Enjoy.
Chapter 10 Something about ONE
"Class 1S, Class 1S, Class 1S." Izuku mumbled under his breath as he ran the halls of his new school trying to find his classroom.
The halls were empty as he had less than a minute to get to class before the bell was supposed to ring. He was now lightly sprinting through the halls of the vast school, thinking that it would be embarrassing if he was the only one late on the first day of school. There were metal hanging signs with the year and letter of the classrooms above the left side of the doors he was passing, "Class 1A." He reads as he passes the room, heading further up the hall he finds class 1S and opens the door just as the bell rings.
All eyes are on him as he opens the door to the giant classroom that favored a five star hotel. The room was incredible. There was a glass ceiling, high class artwork on the walls and ornamental plants. Looking to his left he could see there was a large three step wooden stage with a long table almost as long as the stage and instead of a chalkboard or a whiteboard there were eight wall sized plasma screens. There were twenty fancy adjustable chairs with each four in cross positions with a cofee table in the middle. He was told in his acceptance letter that as a class S student he would receive a laptop, an air conditioner, a fridge and several other perks. He looks around and sees his new classmates making a first impression. He could see his friends sitting together in the center of the room. "It's good for you to join us young man, you avoided tardiness on day one by the skin of your teeth." Joked a man he assumed was his teacher, he was a tall man with short black hair and brown eyes with a stubbly beard, he was wearing a black suit with a white shirt and a grey tie.
"Yeah sorry about that sir, I kinda let time get away from me."
"It's fine, it's only the first day, go on and take your seat."
Izuku did as he was told, sitting with the others and thanking Taku with a silent look when he saw he had put his bag beside his seat.
The bearded teacher stands in front of the table as he addresses the class. "Now that we're all here, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Shouta Yamamoto and I'll be your homeroom teacher. Welcome to Sakai Highschool. As I am sure many of you are aware this is a very prestigious institution with very high standards for all of our students and as class S it's even more for you. However, We are sure that each of you have your own goals and ambitions and we'll do all in our power to help you achieve those. As your teacher I ask that you give me your absolute best. Your academic performance will grant you a very smooth and comfortable school life with all the perks but that can always be liable to change. You have three years to build a stellar student resume, excelling and graduating from here in the top percentile can grant you all the connections and opportunities money can buy. I suggest you all take advantage of your position but most importantly, enjoy your experience here."
The students took in their teacher's words with many thoughts going between all of them. This school was merely a stepping stone for all of them, this school is a perfect place to set themselves up for their respective futures so they all had to keep his words in mind. The group however had their own first impressions of their new teacher, "I think I already like him more than any of my junior high teachers." Izuku thought.
"He seems like a relatively cool teacher, for now anyway." Taku thought.
"This is your start, don't blow it Saki." The girl said to herself.
"Hm, our new teacher's kinda hot, definitely would be if he lost the stubble. He's worse than my dad in that regard." Kiyuki thought.
"Now that that's over with, now we'll be heading to opening ceremonies after which you all will introduce yourselves to the class, I'll hand you all the syllabus and you're free to go. Feel free to explore the school and get acquainted with your new surroundings, maybe join a club?"
The class nodded, ready to cruise through the first day of school.
In a villain transport truck Vaccine Man was strapped to a bed in various restraints. After ONE had defeated him, local pros and authorities were quick to restrain his unconscious body and get him loaded up. He had caused so much destruction in such a short period that it instantly became one of the worst villain attacks in history. Many had to admit that if not for ONE it would have been much worse. But that raised the question, ONE was only active in Musutafu, what was he doing in Fuji City and where did he go? Many witnesses reported seeing him stop the villain's energy attacks, and defeat him, and save hundreds of people in the danger zone. But then he was just gone. The news was quick to pick up on the story and in a breaking news report told of the attack on Fuji City so early in the morning, with ONE receiving the credit for stopping the disaster. Several surviving street cameras were able to record Vaccine Man's initial attack, ONE saving a mother and daughter, and several civilians recorded ONE pummeling the villain in the sky.
The truck carrying Vaccine Man was passing through the countryside on its way to Tartarus prison. The machine hooked up to him and reading his vitals showed that he was fine, he had just been beaten really, really, badly so they could skip the hospital and throw him straight into a cell for interrogation. The blue, muscular man had been unconscious since he was beaten by ONE, his breathing was steady and they were keeping him sedated because of his powerful quirk, whatever it was. There was one medic and one guard in the back with him while there was a driver and a hero up front. Vaccine man's eyes suddenly flashed to life.
"What, what is this?" He growled as he struggled against his restraints.
"Hi, you're going to Tartarus." The guard casually mocked.
"Taratarus, what is that you worm?"
"Oh you haven't heard of it? It's the super max prison where they keep you bound up just like this until you die." The guard smiled as continued to mock the tied down man.
The blue man scowled as veins began to bulge, "You petulant fool! YOU THINK YOU CAN BIND MEEEE!" He roared as his body erupted with a blue energy causing the truck to explode.
The truck was engulfed in fire, body parts of the men inside were scattered, and exiting the inferno was Vaccine Man. He stood confident as his power flared causing the ground to shake, rage fueled him as he remembered how he ended up in this situation. "That human, that filthy parasite!" He growled, remembering the face and power of ONE. "Next time I face him I won't be caught off guard. He's no different from any other human I must exterminate. He said as he jumped into the air and flew in the direction of the nearest city.
U.A faculty room
"So Aizawa, I see you haven't expelled anyone this time around, who was the top scorer in your quirk apprehension test?" Nezu asked the Erasure hero.
"The top scorer this time was Momo Yaoyorozu, one of our recommendation students. She got the top scores in almost every test only losing in the ball throw."
"Sounds like we've got a talented set of first years this year." Midnight chimed in.
"No one is lacking talent at least." Aizawa stated.
"Well it's good to have such a fine crop of first year students, now onto the reason I called this meeting." Nezu said as he pressed a button on a remote and the report of the incident in Fuji City came up on the screen in front of the room. The news reported that a powerful villain had appeared out of nowhere and caused major destruction to a portion of the city. They went on to say how over two dozens were killed and over a hundred more were seriously injured. They then spoke about how the Musutafu vigilante ONE appeared and stopped the madness. Several photos and videos of the attack appeared on screen, from the villian using a laser to destroy several buildings, to ONE saving a mother and daughter, to ONE defeating the villain. Several people were interviewed and spoke of how ONE saved the day before their local pro's even showed up with many of them thanking him. The news then reported on how the villain responsible was taken to custody and is being transported to Tartarus. Nezu then paused the screen, "It seems our local illegal hero is expanding." Nezu stated calmly.
Several teachers in the room namely All Might, Eraserhead and Hound Dog groaned after hearing this.
"He's been active for months and has gotten involved in hundreds of incidents, do we still not know who he is?" Ectoplasm asked to know one in particular.
"Unfortunately no, despite the best efforts of pros and the police no one has been able to surmise his identity as of yet." Nezu answered.
"I'll be blunt, I don't like the guy. I don't think that this is a game to him nor do I think he's secretly a villain like other pro's would claim. But his complete disregard for the rules bothers me. Even if it's for the sake of saving someone the guy doesn't care one bit about how he does it, he also doesn't care about fighting pros. We've clashed on multiple occasions and I've tried spying on him to no avail. But my biggest concern is that he'll inspire others to follow his path, he's strong, consistent and he's effective, and it doesn't help that the media and the public always talk about and praise him. But young impressionable kids who aspire to be heroes are watching him and it sets a bad precedent." Aizawa said, clearly annoyed with the actions of the illegal hero.
There have been rumors going around that he's as strong as you, what do you think about that All Might?" Cementoss asked.
The symbol of peace in his skinny form crossed his arms before speaking, "I don't know if he's stronger than me, but he's definitely faster. I have encountered him three times and he always gets away from me. I can't relate to Aizawa, I've never fought the guy but given what I've seen he may give a run for my money. There's also the fact he has multiple quirks, and that's actually the biggest reason I want to catch and question him."
"Do we have any idea of how many he has? Because given what we've seen this definitely isn't the work of a single quirk? Midnight asked.
"All we can say for a fact is that he has super strength, speed, durability, he can fly by kicking off the air, and he's also a skilled hand to hand combatant." Nezu said as he sipped his tea.
"Actually the other day I saw him run through a glass window to stop some robbers." Aizawa spoke up."
"You did say he doesn't care how he saves someone, I guess that includes destruction of property." Cementoss stated.
Eraser's eyes narrowed, "No. He ran through the glass as if he were intangible." These words shocked his fellow staff.
"We need to find him and lock him up before he ruins the good name of heroes!" Hound dog roared.
Nezu put his tea down as began to gather his words, "I actually have a theory that could help us unmask him." He said getting the attention of his staff. "I have been doing my own quiet investigation of ONE for a few months now and looking at the times he's appeared vs when he's inactive, I think we're looking for a school student, someone between 15-19.
Eraser and All Might raised an eyebrow at this, "Really? He must be really good at disguising his voice because along with his height he doesn't sound like a teenager. Eraser questioned.
"Again, this is just a theory. It would be easy if we knew what his quirk was but nothing in the registry points to all he can do." Nezu's phone suddenly rings, he answers and his eyes widen from what's being told to him. Quickly hanging up the phone he turns to the faculty, "You all have to go, The villain from Fuji city is attacking downtown! Many pro's and civilians have already been killed, GO!" The heroes bolt from the school grounds with All Might leaping into the air to face the threat.
Back at Sakai Highschool
"You gotta love how short the first day of school is!" Taku cheered as he and the others walked the halls to exit the school.
"I'm trying to enjoy this peace while I can bug, the first day's always the easiest. Must feel good to have a quirk that makes you smart even though your stupid." Saki stated.
"It is a true blessing, don't be a hater." He playfully shot back.
"So is anyone interested in joining the after school clubs? It should be something to help you unwind from a crazy school life. Kiyuki spoke up.
Putting his hands behind his head as he walked, "Nah, I'm always busy with projects." Taku answered.
"What kind of projects?" Saki asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Sciency projects." He shot back dramatically.
"What about you Izuku?" The girl asked.
"No not me either, my afternoons are usually full. How will you have time? Won't you be working at the dojo?"
"Yes, but I'll basically be an assistant master so I'll still have loads of free time. Oh well, I'm sure I'll find something I like. You guys wanna do karaoke when we get back to the city?"
"Yeah I'm down for that." "Sure." Taku and Saki answered
They hop on the train to take them all home, but as the train moves closer to the city Izuku can see smoke and a scar of destruction off in the distance as he looks out the window. His stomach turns in knots, and though he doesn't know exactly what's going on, every fiber of his being is telling him that this is really bad.
The train makes it to the station and the group of friends walk into the city, Izuku knows that he has to make an excuse to leave and Taku is on the same page with him as he also saw the smoke from earlier. "Yo Izu, what time is it?" He asked, purposely choosing his words.
The green haired boy looked at his grey haired friend with a knowing look, looking at his hero watch he made a fake frantic face. "Oh, crap I'm sorry everyone, I just remembered there's something I have to take care of, I promise we'll do this some other time." He said before bolting down the street and rounding a corner.
He dips into an alley, drops his bag and changes into his costume, taking to the rooftops he leaps into the air in the direction of the destruction.
The battlefield was chaos, the dead, unconscious bodies of heroes and civilians alike were scattered all throughout the scene of destruction. A large portion of the city was in ruin, people were running away from the scene before dozens of lives were snuffed out in an instant by a wave of energy tearing through a traffic jammed street. At the center of the destruction stood Vaccine Man, his arm still outstretched from firing his most recent attack. Before him stood All Might (with a torn suit), Endeavor, Present Mic, Kamui Woods and Ectoplasm. Badly beaten but still conscious, laid Eraserhead against a pile of rubble and to his horror his quirk couldn't stop the blue villain from ending so many lives. Mount Lady was also in bad shape, having learned very quickly that her size granted her no advantage against this enemy.
The remaining pro's had mixed looks of shock and anger as with little effort this villain claimed more innocent lives. All Might grit his teeth so hard he almost cracked them, the anger coursing through him on the level that only AFO could bring out, "leave these people out of this!"
He roared as he rushed and threw a right haymaker at the villain, but he merely raised his left arm to block, the two begin to trade blows but then Vaccine Man connects an uppercut to All Might's chin, sending the symbol of peace high into the air. As he's about to jump at the blonde man he hears a call of "Flashfire Fist: JetBurn!" To Endeavor's shock, Vaccine Man rushes into the flaming attack cocking back his own fist. Getting close enough he throws his own punch at Endeavor's flaming fist. Shattering the bones in his hand.
The Flame hero roared in pain from his now useless hand, the blue villain sank his claws into Endeavor's chest, making him cough up blood. Kamui Woods binds him with his quirk as an ectoplasm clone carries Endeavor away, allowing present Mic to hit him with a Full power yell. The blue enemy was unnerved, only looking annoyed by this as his body erupted with a blue energy engulfing the entire area in an explosion of energy. Present Mic, Endeavor and Ectoplasm are taken down in this attack. Mount Lady, having been blown away by that attack laid in the rubble of destruction. Her body is in agony, her breathing is heavy and she feels completely useless here, she looks to her left and sees the small dismembered arm of a child and is consumed with rage. "How...DARE YOU!" The heroine roars as she activates her quirk. She tries to step on the blue villain but he's too fast, dodging one of her stomps he jumps up and punches her right knee, dislocating it and flying up to punch her left cheek, she begins to fall like a tree but the villain isn't done. He cups his hands together creating a small, compressed ball of energy before firing it into the heroine's stomach, it grows significantly once it leaves his hands and carries the giant hero across the danger zone. She tries to get her bearings but fails with only one good leg, Mount Lady slams into the side of a building and the ball explodes, taking out more of the city and killing more people.
Vaccine Man can sense the life force of others so he was surprised that that human was still alive, but more died so he can overlook it for the time being. He turns his attention to a black scruffy haired man whose red eyes looked at him in udder horror. "My quirk doesn't affect this guy at all, even more so, I get the feeling this guy isn't human at all." The erasure hero thought. The blue villain looks at the down injured man as electricity begins to spark from the tips of his antennas, creating a small ball in the center that grows larger and larger. Once it was at a size he was sure would vaporize the human he fired, the blast broke the sound barrier many times over, however before it could kill Eraserhead it was caught by All Might. The symbol of peace struggled with the compressed ball of energy, shock waves began to erupt from his struggle, his feet were cracking the ground beneath him, digging deep the top pro was able to toss the ball into the air, which parted clouds and caused them to swirl.
All Might and Vaccine Man stared each other down for a moment, the blue man was curious about this human, as he was the second one to impede his mission the most today. He wouldn't let his guard down again and nothing would stop him from killing this human but still, he was interested. "You're the second human to impede my mission the most today, who are you?"
All Might was taken aback by this as being the symbol of peace even the most recluse villains should know who he was. "I am All Might, you said before that your fulfilling nature's revenge, what does that even mean? He asked, trying to understand this need for destruction.
His face grew into a vengeful scowl, "mother nature has been victimized and brutalized by you race of vermin for centuries. She gives and gives but all you creatures ever do is take. You beat her down, destroy her forest's, slaughter her creatures for purely greedy and selfish reasons. You've polluted her lands, skies and infected her oceans until she just couldn't take it anymore. So in turn she has created me to wipe out every single one of you. That is why I exist, it is my mission and I will see it through and return this world to it's true beauty."
All Might didn't know what to say, what he said still made no sense. He has dealt with his share of eco terrorist's throughout his career but this is something completely different. "So you're killing innocent people because of that!" All Might said with anger.
"Mother Nature has deemed each and every one of you guilty, there are no innocents. NOT. Anymore." Vaccine Man said in a completely serious tone.
All Might scowled, "I'm done listening to this!" He roared as he was about to lunge at the villain.
"Not as done as I am!" Came a voice out of nowhere. Looking to his right All Might could see a blur zig zagging from walls of rubble heading towards Vaccine Man. The villain turns to his left to be met with a side kick to the face, bringing him off the ground causing him to spin and crash into a pile of rubble. The figure is revealed to be the Rabbit Hero: Mirko. "I could see all the death and destruction as I was hopping over here." She glared at the pile of rubble with the blue man buried underneath, it suddenly blasted everywhere with him covered in a blue electric aura as he took a few steps towards the heroine. "I am going to KICK, YOUR, ASS." She said with venom.
For a moment Vaccine Man was thrown off by this strange creature, rabbit ears and a tail, but he quickly realized she was a human with rabbit features, so she isn't exempt from his mission. Mirko readied herself to attack again but was cut off by All Might, "Mirko be careful, He's a powerful enemy and he's tough, so we'll fight together." All Might said, trying to convince the female pro, having heard of her feelings on working with others. The rabbit hero gave the top pro a smirk, "do what you want All Might, either way this guy is done!" Vaccine Man said nothing as he prepared to take on the two, All Might and given him a challenge and from that kick, this woman was stronger than most of the heroes who have gotten in his way so far.
In a flash the two heroes rush the villain, Mirko going for a kick to his left side while All Might throws a punch to the right side of his face. Vaccine Man brings up his arms to block these attacks causing a powerful shockwave to ring out. The heroes throw blurring punches and kicks at their enemy with him barely able to hold them off, "Detroit SMASH!" All Might decks the villain in the face, sending him flying into the rubble of a destroyed building, he jumps in the air out of the rubble looking down at All Might not noticing Mirko above him. "Luna Fall!" She brings her foot down on his head sending him back to the ground, cracking the ground when he landed. All Might rushes him again with them trading blows, the blue man blocks a punch with his right forearm and fires a point blank energy blast at All Might, sending him tearing through the danger zone. Mirko catches him unaware with a triple kick to the head, but he tanks it.
Mirko throws another kick but vaccine man brings up his leg to block, he notices the woman grimace for a moment before she jumps and throws multiple kicks that he blocks, launching herself off the villain when her last one was blocked. "He cracked my right leg a little just from blocking, damn it he's tough. It doesn't even seem like any of our attacks have gotten through." She thought. Vaccine Man appears in front of the rabbit hero in a flash with a punch aimed for her head, she crosses her arms to block with the hit breaking both her arms, sending her flying back, she bounces off the ground several times before crashing into a wall of rubble. Pain courses through her but she quickly ignores it, raising her head to face her enemy when a beam of energy pierces her body, making a bloody hole in her left shoulder just above her left breast.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Mirko roared in pain as she dropped to the ground clutching her wound with her useless right arm.
Vaccine man stood sixty feet from the hero with his right middle and index finger still pointed at his target, "I should work on my aim, it looks like I JUST missed your heart. Unfortunate."
Mirko was on the ground holding her bloody shoulder doing her best to contain her screams and not succumb to the pain. "Damn it! I got to think of something, this guy is way stronger than me. Not like it didn't already know that, my rabbit survival instincts have been screaming for me to run since I got here. And the worst of it is I can tell this guy is still holding back, get it together Rumi, if you go down you go down FIGHTING!" Jumping onto the wall of rubble behind her she launches herself back at the villain, she spins and throws a right kick with him blocking with his left forearm, her leg breaks on impact. In that same motion he grabs her leg and slams her side to side several times before jumping into the air and slamming her face first into a pile of rubble, destroying it and leaving her in a big crater. He outstretches a hand prepared to finish her with one final attack, her vision is blurry as she tries to open her eyes, her rabbit instincts telling her death is near.
A powerful attack sends him flying to the left, Mirko can't fully make out what's happening but she can hear a voice, a voice the world knows all too well. "This is unforgivable! I'm putting a stop to this now, I've failed so many today. Let me show you, why I am….THE WORLD SYMBOL OF PEACE AND JUSTICE!" The blue villain glows with a blue electric aura as he and All Might clash, their fist are blurs creating powerful shockwaves of wind and energy. It's a even fight with both of the landing brutal hits on each other, Vaccine Man tries to fire a blast at the hero but he dodges and receives a punch in the gut. The fight becomes more ferocious as the ground itself begins to crack from the pressure, the winds from the force of each blow so strong the news helicopter filming the scene is almost thrown out of the air.
The two are separated by a clash of fist's, both glare at each other as they prepare to go again. A steam starts to emit from All Might as he speaks, "I doubt you've heard these words so let me teach you." He rushes at the blue man, "what it means to go beyond, PLUS. ULTRA! He throws a shining punch as Vaccine Man outstretched his arms to fire a large energy wave. The two forces struggle with each other, culminating into a massive explosion that sends both of them flying back, All Might crashes into a destroyed building while Vaccine Man skids on his back tearing through piles of rubble. He pulls himself out, he can sense All Might isn't dead but he's not coming back to fight for some reason, turning to the still down Mirko who was still trying to stand as he walks towards her.
Mirko's survival instincts are screaming but she can barely move her body, she tries to stand but with one broken leg and two broken arms she falls on her back. "Come on Rumi move!" She tells herself as the blue menace approaches her, he gets closer and closer raising a foot over her head as she tries to move her injured body. She's wide eyed as she sees the big foot raised above her head. Vaccine Man brings his foot down as Mirko screams "Damn it!" but another foot appeared beneath it, stopping it completely from smashing her head to mush, this was followed by a strong gust of wind passing over the battlefield.
Raising his eyes slightly he could see the same green clad human from earlier, his eyes narrow at the young hero. "It's you." The blue menace said in a solemn voice.
ONE held his foot in place to protect Mirko as he looked up at the cause of all this destruction, "You escaped custody. And killed so many people. I'm putting you away for good this time." The anger was clear in his voice on every word.
The blue man glared at the smaller hero, "I won't let my guard down again, unlike last time I now realize how essential it is to eliminate you. That blonde human named All Might was powerful but didn't use my full power when fighting him, I couldn't. I can sense the life force of others and I could sense you far away, most likely in the previous city getting closer and closer and I knew you would interfere with my mission again, nothing less than my absolute power would allow me to destroy you."
"You can't destroy me, no matter how hard you try or how powerful you think you are. I'm a hero, as long as there are people who need my help from threats like you, I'll NEVER lose. Your mission of wiping out humanity will never be accomplished because this human can't be beaten, and this hero... Protects EVERYBODY!" He yells kicking his leg up sending the villain flipping into the air who stops himself in midair, he creates dozens of small energy blast's and launches them at the two heroes, destroying the area they were in and creating a massive crater. He looks to the left knowing the two aren't dead.
ONE was running through the danger zone trying to find help for Mirko, the woman stirs in his arms, "what are you doing, go back." She demanded. "I will after I find someone who can get you to safety and some medical attention." He makes it just out of the danger zone, realizing there's a hospital not too far from where he is now and though it hasn't been too long he has to get back a deal with Vaccine Man. He sees a skinny blonde haired man wearing a white t-shirt and yellow pants as he passes a street, he decides he can get Mirko to the hospital. "Sir, this hero needs help. Can you get her to the hospital? It's not too far away." He pleaded with the stranger. Now that he took a good look at the man he was in rough shape as well, he looked beaten up, had blood around his mouth and his face looked like a skeleton, he had blood on his white tee implying he was already injured.
"You're ONE." The man said as his eyes widened in realization.
The hero completely changed his mind after seeing the state of the man. "Nevermind come on!" scooping up the skinny man he gets the two to the hospital then in a flash is face to face with Vaccine Man.
"For a moment I thought you'd run off. And after all that talk no less."
"No way, why run from someone that you're not scared of? Like I told you, this hero saves everybody. Mirko's injuries were bad, so I got her to some help. Now you have my full attention.
"You'd have been smarter running away!" He yelled before flexing his arms and his body erupted in a blue electric aura, his power was so intense that the ground was shaking so much it could be mistaken for an earthquake. He stared down ONE but the hero didn't flinch at all at this sudden display of power. "Is that all you've got? You've got a lot to learn about the art of intimidation." He said in a serious unconcerned tone.
The blue man was stunned by this unconcerned attitude but regained his composure. "Hm, I forget how blissful ignorance is for you humans." he said in a smug tone with a smirk.
In a flash at his top speed he connects a punch to ONE's face with all his strength. Causing a powerful shockwave and the ground around them to crack from the impact. When the dust settled his sense of superiority shrunk to the size of an ant when he saw that the human head didn't budge one bit. His fist was shoved against his face but it stood straight, he knew, from the very beginning, that there was something unusual, almost godly about this human. Pure dread washed over him as he realized everything this human said was true, "Your mission of wiping out humanity will never be accomplished because this human can't be beaten, and this hero protects EVERYBODY!" He was brought out of his harrowing thoughts by a brutal punch to his solar plexus. ONE has his left arm sunk into his enemy, his eyes widened and his face is one of shock, air catches in his throat as he pukes up a small amount of green blood. With his opponent frozen in place from pain he rises up and punches him in the face with his right hand, making him flip and skid across the ground. Digging his hands into the ground he's able to stop himself. He pukes up a small glob of green blood as he tries to stand on his feet, but the pain is too immense and he keeps falling on his ass. His entire body twitches and pulsates with pain and he can't even make a fist as he tries to form words.
"How.. Can this be?" He pukes up more blood, "Mother nature created ME.. She gave me the power to exterminate humanity" Cough cough… "Why? How is it possible for a human like this… To exist? He only… Punched me twice… So why… Does it hurt so bad?!" He managed to say through the pain.
"You still don't get it do you?" ONE said, glaring down his enemy. "Those two blows were stronger than anything I hit you with earlier."
The blue menace's eyes widened as he realized, "you've been holding back. You still are aren't you?"
"My strength is meant to protect others, I wouldn't be able to do that if I couldn't control it and know it's limits now could I?" He said with a smirk.
Nature's vengeance merely growled at his response, gritting his teeth as he began to grow. His skin turned purple and it appeared scales and spikes were beginning to form on his body. He kept growing and growing, reaching a height of roughly sixty feet. His body was now massive with long claws, sharp teeth, tusks and his eyes were solid red. "NOW, You've seriously pissed me off HUMAN!" He takes a swipe at ONE, only for his claws to cut clean through the ground, ONE is already in the air and kicks him in the left side of his face, as he was tumbling down the hero kicks of the air and lands a flying kick to his gut. ONE continues to kick him over and over with the force of each kick more powerful than the last, causing massive bulges on his back with each hit. Vaccine Man spits up blood with every kick. After a final twelth kick sends him tumbling on a pile of rubble he reverts back to his normal state.
After several minutes on the ground his body begins to glow with power again as he's finally able to stand. "No." He said in a low voice. "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He roared as he as his body erupted with power again, causing the ground to shake and crack, his energy took an outer shade of black as if he were compressing it. "It's over now human! I am going to blow myself up! Releasing every drop of energy given by my creator! This explosion will destroy everything within five hundred kilometers! Prepare to DIE!"
ONE visibly shook at his words, "What!"
"Thirty more seconds and everything will be gone! Though it won't kill as many as I would like, but oh well." He said mockingly with a sinister grin.
ONE's brain was firing off many thoughts a second, none of which being a suitable solution. "What do I do?! What can I do?!" He thought to himself. "I can't just try to knock him out, just touching him might set him off! Come on ONE think! Several prefectures and everyone in them are going to be wiped off the map you gotta do something!" He thought to himself.
"Ten more seconds!" The living bomb roared.
Looking up to the sky an idea comes to him, "time to see how limitles I really am." He thought to himself.
He rushes and grabs Vaccine Man's left arm and wraps his left arm around his waist, "'we're going on a little trip!" He said before leaping high into the air causing several sonic booms. Reaching the height of his jump in the upper thermosphere, he spins before tossing him into the void of space. Seconds later there was a bright, giant light blue explosion in the distance. He flies back down now that the danger has passed, the blast was still visible as a large dot from the ground but he had to get to work by saving anyone and everyone injured here.
The event would come to be known as the Musutafu Incident. It quickly became one of the worst villain attacks in Japan's history. 31 pro heroes were killed with the civilian casualties being in the hundreds and even more injured. The body of the villain responsible was never recovered, but the credit for defeating him was given to All Might. The news footage of his battle with Vaccine Man was edited to imply that he was obliterated in their clash. He, Endeavor and Mirko issued a public apology to the public for this failure as heroes. The clean up process had already begun but one issue remained, where was ONE? Many people who were injured in the incident reported having been saved by him, but the media denied he was ever at the scene, several members of the media began to create a narrative that the entire incident was ONE's fault. Many claimed he allowed the villain to escape in Fuji City and disregarded all the damage he caused. And many we're buying into it.
It's been two days since the Musutafu Incident and school's been canceled because of a teachers meeting. Izuku decided to head to the dojo to speak with his masters and clear his head. He has had a lot on his mind over the past two days, several people on the streets blamed him for the attack yesterday when he was on patrol, he knew that this entire narrative was to protect All Might's perfect image and he wasn't the type of hero to hold saving others over their heads. He couldn't tell them that the villain would have destroyed everything if he hadn't stopped him, he couldn't prove that he did and if he could convince them it was true it would only look like he was gloating, so he just took it. He also couldn't help but wonder if he had killed him in Fuji, none of what happened after would have happened.
He opens the door to the property and sees Saki and Kiyuki doing their damndest to dodge swings from Michiko who was using a bokken. The three women are so zoned into their training that they don't even notice him approaching, he observes them for a few moments, none of them moving too fast for him to keep track, to an untrained eye it would just look like a bunch of blurs moving across the courtyard. He walks past them to the side of the main house where he sees Keizo sculpting a statue with a hammer and chisel, "hello Izuku, how are you this morning?" He says without even turning away from his work. "I've been better master. Can we talk? I could really use some guidance."
"Sure, but not too long, my statue will get bored if I don't finish it today." He said jokingly.
They went into the house and sat down, Izuku was always thankful for Keizo's infinite wisdom, he always had the answer. "So I assume this about the chaos from the other day, victory came at a high price for you?"
Izuku raised an eyebrow. "You knew."
"Those who know the truth will know Izuku, no matter what the media says. Plus Michi and I were watching from a distance, we were about to step in when it looked like he was about to kill Rumi but you beat us to it."
"Well next time if I'm not around and the threat is that serious I don't have one real problem with one of you taking care of it."
"Noted.' The master responded.
"Anyway, for the reason I wanted to talk, I'm sure you know I stopped him in Fuji earlier that same day, I saw them restrain and load him into a villain transport. clearly he escaped at some point and went on to attack the city. I don't care about the false narrative being pushed about me, nothings gonna stop me from helping others and using my abilities for what's right. But speaking of what's right, I can't shake the thought that if I had just killed him in Fuji none of this would have happened."
"I see, finding a morally acceptable solution when you have to save someone from someone else can be difficult in the world of heroics, especially given a situation like this. Do you regret not killing him?"
Izuku's eyes lowered, "I regret that so many died because I couldn't keep him down. Even now I still wouldn't have wanted to kill him. It's just...What if, you know."
"In life you'll alway have to face that question, however at the end of the day you must stand firm in your choices and accept any and all consequences that come from them. You're a strong, kind hearted person Izuku, I haven't a single doubt no matter what falls before you you'll always make the right choice, even if it means you have to kill, it would always be your very last option, You're just lucky this time the guy decided to take himself out."
"Yeah you're right. The whole killing thing, it's just that...It would be too easy. And that's not a boast on my strength it's just that...I didn't dedicate myself to becoming a quirkless hero and put myself through years of hellish training to not only gain this power but also control it, just to use it to kill my enemies. Using your abilities to kill is the easiest thing to do, it's easy to cross that line, but if I do that... Then I really would be the villain they call me."
Keizo smiled down at his student, "You truly are a pure hearted child, have been since the day you first walked in here." He thought to himself. "Well, you have your answer now.
"Thank you for the talk master, it's always insightful."
"Anytime."
Walking out of the house he sees the ladies finishing their training, the girls were sweaty and covered in bruises, nostalgia washed over him. "Learning how to dodge true speed huh." He said with a snarky grin and tone.
"Noo, what gave it away." Saki shot back, clearly sarcastic as he walked by him.
"Auntie's a real slave driver in training." Kiyuki said, nursing her shoulder.
Izuku smirked at her, "You just got here, you ain't seen nothing yet girl."
This statement sent chills down the girl's spine.
"Show her how it's done, Izuku." Michiki perked up.
Izuku shrugged, "ok."
Stepping into the courtyard Michikio rushes at Izuku and swings her bokken at the left side of his face, Izuku raises his right index finger to block the wooden sword, stopping it completely. For the next minute Kiyuki observed her aunt throwing hundreds of blurring swings at Izuku with him only using a finger to block. The only reason they stopped was because the sword broke in two. Sensing a presence Izuku turned around to see a woman crossing the courtyard headed towards the trio. She was wearing a yellow wide neck mid sleeve shirt, dark blue mid calf jeans and brown high heel boots, but what was most notable was her rabbit ears, she was someone he met just the other day. "Mirko?" He asked with a raised eyebrow and a surprised tone.
Michiko smiled at seeing her former student, "hello Rumi, how long the days without you have been."
"Not long enough as you still haven't aged." She shot back with a smirk.
"What can I say? I got good genes." She said as she fluttered her hair.
The rabbit woman rolled her eyes, "It is good to see you though."
"Likewise. Let me guess, you're here to beg me to train you again after getting your ass kicked and almost getting your head splattered."
"You were watching!"
"I was about to save you. You know, bail you out again just like old times but ONE beat me to it."
She narrowed her eyes at her former master, "Will you train me again or not?"
Michiko put a finger to her cheek as if in deep thought, "My favorite problem child returning to once again be a pain in my ass, why the hell not. I hear you hop all over the country doing hero work. How long do you plan on staying in Musutafu?"
"Since I'll be training and working, let's say a month and a half maybe two."
"That's fine, you can have your old dorm room, all of them should be clean." She said as she pointed over her shoulder with her thumb.
"Thanks, I'll move in tomorrow."
"The Rabbit Hero: Mirko is gonna be staying at Rising Sky!" Izuku exclaimed excitedly.
The woman jumped slightly at this boy's sudden excitement, "Yeah, I saw you training as I walked in here, you strong, who are you?" She asked, curious about the boy.
Izuku blushed at the compliment from the beautiful woman, "My name is Izuku Midoriya, and I happen to be Rising Sky's strongest disciple." He said with pride.
Mirko smirked at his words, "strongest huh, you do realize this place has had a lot of students right? What makes you think you're the strongest to come out of here."
"Because I have worked and trained harder than anyone who came before me." He said with confidence as he smirked back, meeting her eyes.
"Hm, well I'll have to take you on sometime." Turning to Michiko, "see you tomorrow." She said before walking back to the entrance.
"The Rabbit Hero: Mirko is gonna be living here for a while, and she'll be working in the city, maybe I can help her train and who knows maybe she could be friends with ONE, the next few weeks are definitely going to be interesting."
And that's how we close out chapter 10. Izuku's teacher is the bearded worker for those who couldn't tell. Full disclosure I was watching SSJ2 Gohan vs Perfect Cell as I was writing ONE's fight with Vaccine Man the references should be clear now. Mirko's come to stay for the time being, her recent loss seems to have brought her back to the place where she learned how to be strong and will be getting stronger. For those who think All Might should have beaten Vaccine Man, the current All Might cant but prime All Might maybe. And remember he's a dragon level threat in omp, a high dragon at that. Dump the high ends nomu's in OPM and at most they're mid to high demons, still weaker than a dragon. To me the only villains who'd make dragon in OPM would be AFO, Gigantomachia and Plus Ultra Shigaraki. The fight with Vaccine Man may have had a splash of my own head canon but I think it was pretty good, but ONE will have to cross that line eventually. Give me a review to let me know what you thought of the chapter because I already have ideas for the next one. Next time Izuku and Momo have a moment, ONE's slips his way into the USJ attack, Izuku meets an old senpai and it's important not to believe everything you see on TV.
