Rise of The Hero
Chapter 9 : U.S.J (2)
After hours of patrolling, searching the villains responsible for the break-in the other day, Gohan found nothing but petty crimes happening around the city. He caught quiet the numbers super criminals from those crimes, but none of them were the same people he saw yesterday. Not only that, when Gohan asked them, they knew nothing about the two. Maybe they really knew nothing, maybe the people he saw yesterday were from a higher villains group that was very secretive even among the other villains.
So after dealing with the last criminal activity he had seen that morning, Gohan decided to go back to school and maybe report to the principal on what he found. On his way to school, a white object was spotted moving towards the school's main building from the opposite way. It moved in high-speed, almost blur, and even left some smokes on its trail.
When Gohan was focusing his vision at the object, he realized that it was one of the students from class 1-A, the kid in armour costume similar to Ingenium but without the helmet. For some reason, the kid didn't put on his helmet, and because of that, Gohan can see his worried expression.
Seeing that, Gohan quickly flew down, and landed right in front of the kid, surprising him in his attempt to stop.
"Wh-whoa!" Iida tried to slow down and stop before he'd hit the hero who suddenly landed a few metres in front of him. When he finally came to a stop, Iida quickly turned his gaze towards the person in front of him.
"Wh-who are you?" He asked still in shocked, Iida wasn't familiar with the Saiyan-hero, even though the he had already made an unordinary debut with his ridiculous poses, and record a great progress as a newcomer in the hero society.
It was all because, unlike the other heroes, Gohan quickly disappeared once he dealt with crimes, so there wasn't really any video footage or pictures of him to see online. The only time people got to see him clear in a video was that time when he stopped a car chase on the day he officially became a pro hero.
But even if that video blew up on the internet, it blew up because of his ridiculous poses, people thought it was a low-level crime, so the incident was forgotten quickly, and Saiyaman was never really shown or captured in any new crime fighting footage.
Gohan himself was quite unrecognisable when he donned that costume due to his bandanna and glasses covering most of his face.
Iida even thought Gohan was one of the villains from the invasion who followed him. Iida had ran as fast as he can, yet this figure can easily catch-up to him, and now standing in front of him. So, with that thought in mind, Iida nervously put up his guard, both hands in front, fists clenching tight, showing that he was ready to fight.
"Tch… Damn it, come on villain! Come at me! I won't lose to you!" Iida shouted, surprising the man in front of him.
"I cannot fail now, my peers and thirteen-sensei trusted me for this task, I won't let them down, I will fight!" His face turned more serious than nervous, his eyes were glowing with determination, Iida was ready, he was ready to fight.
"Wow, relax kid, it's me." Gohan quickly responded, both hands in front of his chest, palm opened, telling Iida to calm down.
Iida on the other hand, was looking at him in confused, rising one of his eyebrows higher than the other. Even though he was still on his guard, it was noticeable that he was more relaxed than earlier.
Seeing the confused expression the kid threw at him, Gohan took off his bandanna and glasses. "It's me, remember?"
"Sensei!" Iida shouted as soon as he saw that face, he remembered Gohan as the sensei who came to watch the battle test a few days ago.
"Yes, Iida… was it? What's wrong? Why did you run in a hurry? And why did you think I'm a villain?" Asked the Saiyan.
"Sensei… it's the USJ… the villains…" Iida couldn't speak properly as he was still trying to control his breathing, tired after running in such speed and in a long way, not to mention his nervousness earlier for thinking Gohan as a villain.
"Hey, calm down, take a deep breath." Gohan tried to calm the kid as he slowly came closer and held his shoulders. After he heard the word 'villains' coming out of Iida's mouth, Gohan couldn't help but felt uneasy and worried.
After he took several seconds to calm down, Iida started telling Gohan the story from the beginning to end, and now the sensei knew why he was in such a hurry.
Hearing the story, Gohan felt the Saiyan blood rushing into his head, his fists tightened up, and jaw clenching hard, some veins were even spotted around his jaw. The air started moving, circling around him. The leaves and some pebbles were shaking before slowly started levitating. Anger had taken control of his mind.
Iida could feel it, despite not being able to sense energy, he felt it. It was unbelievable, it was tense, the tremendous amount of energy Gohan let out right now. He couldn't move, he couldn't talk, he can only watch his sensei, his expression, the anger that came visible on his face, the anger of a Saiyan.
"Get to the main building, and warn the others. I'll go to the USJ." He ordered, the tone was different, it was clear, calm, and serious, but anger and fury can also be felt from it. Even just hearing his voice made Iida shivering in his place.
"B-but, sensei they-"
"Get to the main building and warn the others! NOW!" Gohan shouted, which startled the trembling Iida before he quickly ran towards the main building in full speed.
Iida knew Gohan was strong, he heard from his peers how the Saiyan quickly 'teleported' to help Midoriya on the battle test a few days ago. And just earlier he felt the saiyan's energy moving the air and some pebbles, even the ground started to crack a little under the hero's feet.
But still, he had seen what that dark purple creature can do. It managed to push All Might back, the mist villain said that it was created to kill All Might, the number one hero, so it was understandable for him to think that Gohan wouldn't stand a chance against all those villains by himself.
But shaking all those thoughts aside, his main focus now was just like his sensei had said, he needed to warn the others quick, before something worse can happen.
Before getting too far, Iida turned his head back to see Gohan. But, to his surprise, no one was there. A white bandanna and sunglasses were spotted on the ground, but nothing else, just some pebbles and some cracks on the asphalt street.
Iida started running literally a second ago and he'd already been 30 metres away from his earlier spot, but when he turned, Gohan was already gone, nowhere to be found. Right there, the Ingenium's young blood knew, his sensei, was far superior compared to him or probably even his brother in term of speed.
All of a sudden, Iida remember the story his brother told him, a few days ago, his brother fought a hero in a battle test, and he lost. And what was surprising from that story was that, his brother lost not just in strength but also in term of speed, and Ingenium never lost to anyone in speed.
"He beat you!? Wow, he must be strong… What is he like?"
"He's weird, but yes he's super strong and fast, I think he would make a great hero like All Might one day, but he has that weird lame poses, so I don't know if he would ever get popular with that haha… I forgot his hero name, but he was wearing a black and green costume."
"So, it was you, sensei…" Iida thought when he finally turned his attention to the main building ahead. Slowly a small nervous smile came to his face, his eyes got that serious determined glare.
BROOOMM!
A sudden a burst from his calves' engines reverberated, giving him the speed even faster than before. "Sensei, please, save them… and everyone, please, wait for me..."
In USJ, Yaoyorozu Momo, Kaminari Denki, and Kyouka Jiro were surrounded by villains in the mountain area. They managed to defeat some using Kaminari's electrification quirk. Yaoyorozu created some kind of insulation sheet with her quirk to protect them as some kind of shelter allowing Kaminari to burst-out his electricity at its highest voltage.
But, even if they managed to defeat some of the villains, sooner than expected, more of them started to come out from under the ground. The three were planning to do the same trick but they can't, Kaminari had used too much electricity on his last attack, so he cannot do that attack again for certain period of time. Besides, his quirk came with consequences, if he exceeded the limit of electricity he can produce, he'll get brain shocked in return, which made him dumber, literally dumber.
The three were gathered in the middle of swarming villains. Back to back with each other, Yaoyorozu was holding an iron staff, ready with her stance to fight the villains. Jiro also readied herself with both hands holding a staff weapon created by Yaoyorozu, her earphone jack were floating ready on both side of her head.
Meanwhile Kaminari… was standing between the two, both thumbs-upped, mumbling words no one can understand. Due to the brain shocked from his electricity earlier, his personality changed into that of a giggling fool.
The villains were getting closer in every second, the students became more nervous and slowly, fear was visible in their faces. Even though they were learning to be heroes in a hero school, they were still just kids, a few weeks ago they were a middle schoolers and had never faced actual villain before.
"Heheheh…" One of the villains let out a small chuckle when he got closer, with a disgusting smile, sticking out his tongue, eyes looking at the three.
Despite feeling scared, Yaoyorozu tried to gather some courage, and when the man got closer, she swung her staff which he easily caught by one hand.
The man pulled the staff, trying to bring Yaoyorozu closer. When she stumbled to the front, he grabbed her by the collar, and put her face to look at his menacing glare.
"MOMO!" Jiro shouted, trying to save her friend, she ran towards Yaoyorozu and managed to hit some villains in their heads with the staff. But, her efforts was stopped when one guy grabbed her hands and quickly sent a powerful knee to her stomach which dropped her to her knees. "Uugh… momo…" Still on her knees, she held her stomach with both hands, mouth opened, saliva slowly dripping out of it. It didn't stopped there, the guy sent another kick right onto her stomach, even more painful than before.
Seeing how her friend was on the ground, Yaoyorozu was about to get to her, before she realized she couldn't move, the man from earlier was still grabbing her collar.
BAAM!
In an instant, he sent a powerful punch right on her face, while still grabbing her collar, not letting her to fall on the ground.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Not enough to send just one hit, he landed several more powerful blows on her face. On the impact of the last punch, a stream of blood slowly coming out of her nose, flowing down to her lips, and to her chin, before dripping down the ground.
Jiro who was still shaken and hurt from the blow earlier, got her hair pulled up by the same guy who hit her. Forcing her to watch how Yaoyorozu would slowly die by being hit over and over on her face.
"M-mo-mo… K-kaminari, d-do s-something…" Too weak to speak, she asked her friend who even though acting like a giggling fool, he can still see and know what was happening. A small stream of tears were seen flowing down Kaminari's cheeks.
He was too weak, he couldn't protect his friends, he was just a useless idiot… he was no hero. That was all Kaminari can think of while seeing what the villains did to his friends. Maybe he had a damaged brain, maybe he was a fool, but he cared about them, he wanted to save them.
Slowly, Kaminari, who was still having brain-damaged and acting like an idiot, walking towards Yaoyorozu and the person who held her. When he got close enough, he threw a punch in the man's abdomen, still with his thumbs-upped.
Everyone was looking at him in confused when he walked towards the man at first, but now everyone was surprised to see him suddenly punched him. But slowly, that surprised expression turned into giggling, and giggles turned into laughs that started echoing around.
How can they be laughing? What are they laughing at? What was so funny? Well, it was all because Kaminari's punch was too weak, too weak for the man to even feel it when it connected.
"Hahahahaha…." The man continued laughing like a maniac, while one hand still holding Yaoyorozu's collar, he placed the other covering his face, and continued laughing for several seconds until his laugh slowly stopped. Looking down at Kaminari who was shorter than him, the kid barely even reached his chest.
BAAMM!
No warning, he punch Kaminari right in the face with his free hand, knocking the kid down on the ground, hurled in pain. And just like Yaoyorozu, slowly, fresh, warm blood started streaming out of his nose and dripping on the hard floor. The other villains saw that and just laughed at the scene.
"You are all too weak! Too weak! And you think you can be heroes? The government really think these brats would be enough to stop us..?" He said as he looked around the other villains and got a small chuckles in return. "Don't make me laugh…" He continued as he spit on the ground while looking at the pathetic kids.
"Get him here!" The man ordered some of the villains around Kaminari to bring the electric kid to him.
Some did as he said, they brought Kaminari who was still in pain to get closer to him. They dragged him by the hands and then forced him to stand up in front of the man.
"So brat, you want to be hero right?" The man said as his face got closer to Kaminari, his other hand still holding Yaoyorozu who was too weak to even stand on her feet, it was like she was hanged on his hand. "If you want to be a hero, then you need to be stronger… right people?" He said, smiling mockingly, looking at the others while they just laughed.
"Now, here…" Surprisingly for the kids, the man gave his face closer to Kaminari. "I will give you another chance to be a hero, so punch me, as hard as you can…"
The kids were all surprised to hear what he was saying, and as if they weren't desperate enough earlier, now they knew, this wasn't a battle they can win, they were too weak.
The villains however, started laughing and mocking the kids, some of them laughed too hard they can't even stood up straight, holding their stomach that was hurting from laughing.
"What's wrong brat? Where is that courage from earlier? Are you giving up? Don't you want to be a hero?"
Kaminari was looking down the ground, the pain on his face wasn't the only thing hurting right now, his pride were crushed, his confidence drowned. But should he give up? His friends needed him right now, they were hurt, mentally and physically. They needed him, and he will help them, not just as a hero, not just as a man, but as a friend.
Even though he was still in his idiot state, Kaminari clenched his fist, gritted his teeth, and with fire in his heart, he threw that punch right in the man's face.
BOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
The sound was monstrous, the blow was powerful, and the impact was tremendous. In an instant the ground can be felt shaking, and cracks were quickly formed on the ground where Kaminari, Yaoyorozu, and the man from earlier stood on.
And just as fast the sound of the blow was heard, the man was gone nowhere to be found, when suddenly they all heard a thunderous explosion from faraway in the lake area, and a huge amount of water can be spotted bursting out all of a sudden.
Everyone was shocked, surprised, didn't knew what had happened. When they all looked back at Kaminari, there they all realised, the blow was so great it sent the man far away into the lake area which was almost on the other side of the USJ facility.
Everyone couldn't believe it, was the kid really had done that? They were all confused at first on how can Kaminari be so strong all of a sudden, especially the Jiro and Yaoyorozu, as they knew, super strength wasn't one of Kaminari's abilities.
But then, when they all looked back at the scene, they all spotted something strange. Yaoyorozu was still there, despite having the man who grabbed her earlier was now on the other side of the facility. But there was someone with her, a man in a black and green costume, holding her in his arms, bridal style.
"Sensei!" Jiro was the first to recognize the person and shouted excitedly. Her eyes opened wide, big smile and a relieved expression were seen on her face. It was like all her pain and suffering from earlier was now gone.
Her shout made it clear for the villains, the man in front of them was a teacher from UA high and a pro hero, and actual experienced pro hero. But most importantly they knew he wasn't weak, he was definitely a different level compared to these kids they had been fighting against.
Gohan turned his attention to the students, from Yaoyorozu in his arms, to Kaminari who stood in front of him, confused, and still in his idiot side, and then turned to Jiro who was surrounded by some villains. He saw how all of them was hurt, the traces of blood on their noses and mouths, the tired and desperate look on their faces.
With careful, Gohan slowly put down Yaoyorozu from his arms to stand on her own, and asked Kaminari to get closer to him.
"Eat this, it's a newly developed medicine that will cure your wound in an instant." He said as he handed the two each halves of a senzu bean that he split in two.
After they received it, they both did as he said, and ate it. The effect was instantaneous, they both felt a sudden surge of energy came rushing into their body, all their pain was now gone, all their wounds were now healed.
"W-wow… what just happened?" Kaminari suddenly asked while looking at both hands, opening and closing his palms, touching his face, feeling all his pain was now gone, even his brain-shocked was healed and he no longer in that giggling fool state of his.
"Good, now wait here for a second, I won't be long." He said at the two while ruffling their hairs, and then turned looking at the villains surrounding Jiro in the distance.
They were all surprised to see the two kids suddenly healed, but they didn't had time to be amazed by that, when they all saw Gohan turned his piercing gaze at them, they knew he was ready to battle. The man who hit Jiro earlier quickly took action in response. With his long-sharp claws quirk pointing to her neck, he took Jiro hostage, while looking at Gohan and warned the hero.
"Don't come any closer, or she wil-"
Before he could finish, Gohan was already by his side, holding his hand firmly. He appeared to the surprise of everyone, no one blinked an eye at that moment, yet no one can follow his movement, right there, they all knew, this newcomer wasn't only strong but incredibly fast.
"U-ugh…" The man was struggling to pull his hand and release it from the grip, he even used his free hand to hit the Saiyan's arm and used the claws to hurt him, but he can't, they didn't even scratched him.
Gohan was only holding by one hand, and despite applying minimal pressure, the man felt like every bones in his hand would break at any moment.
And just as he thought, it happened.
CRAAACK!
"Uaaggh!"
The scene was disturbing to say the least, especially for the children, they would never think their sensei would do that, and even though it was understandable why he did that, they actually felt kind of bad for the villain.
PLAAAFF!
And as if breaking his arm wasn't enough, Gohan sent a slap at the man's face, sending him to hit a boulder a few metres away, knocking him out unconscious. It might be just a slap, but coming out of Gohan's hand, that would at least dislocate that man's jaw on impact.
Gohan then turned his attention to the other villains in his surroundings. Everyone flinched when seeing that jet black eyes piercing into theirs, but then, he was gone, disappeared in thin air. The next thing that happened surprised the kids as every villains suddenly fell on the hard floor, knocked out cold in a mere second. He didn't played around, he wanted to finish them all as quick as possible.
Just like how he disappeared, again Gohan came out of nowhere in thin air in front of Jiro, surprising the poor girl.
"Come on, let me help." He gave a hand for Jiro to stand up.
Compared to the other two, her wound wasn't as bad, so Gohan decided not to give her a senzu, but she was still too weak to even stand up straight, she might need some energy to walk. So, when Gohan helped her stood up, he slowly transferred small amount of energy to her, it wouldn't heal her pain but at least she would be strong enough to even run.
"Thank you sensei, if it's not for you, I don't know what would've happened to us by now." Jiro said once they were all gathered around.
"We're sorry sensei…" The next words came from Yaoyorozu which surprised the Saiyan, why would they be sorry? What were they apologizing for?
"Because we're not strong enough." And just like reading his mind, Kaminari continued, and made it clear for Gohan, the reason why they felt sorry for what happened. All the kids looked down, feeling bad for not being able to defend themselves, disappointed on themselves.
"Hey, come on, you three have done great defending yourself. It isn't your responsibility to deal with the villains, remember, you guys just entered the school. You're not heroes yet." What Gohan said, even though was true, and by no mean to belittle the kids, it still hurt them when they heard it.
"I believe, when the time has come for you to be a hero, you will be a great one. Until that time comes, you guys still have plenty of time to train, and learn from us, from me, so don't be discouraged okay?" He continued, looking at the three and gave them a warm smile.
The students gave him a nod in response and then smiled back at him.
"Now, I want you all to get to safety, go to the entrance and meet with the others there. The only villains left are those in the central plaza, so you wouldn't find any of them on your way to the entrance." Gohan told them as he focused his perception to the whole USJ facility, and sensed that most of the villains were already dealt with. "Can you do that or do you want me to get you there?"
"It's okay sensei, we can go by ourselves." Yaoyorozu was the one to answer. "And, thank you sensei, for saving us…" She slightly bowed in respect and thankful which then followed by the other two.
Gohan responded with a smile and a simple nod, before he turned his back against them. His eyes were looking at those knocked out villains on the ground, remembering what they had done to the kids, again, his fists and jaw were clenching tightly. He still couldn't believe how these people can be so rotten to even attack innocent children.
BOOOM!
With no warning, he launched himself to the sky and rocketed right into the central plaza, surprising Yaoyorozu, Jiro, and Kaminari as they put their hands to the front, shielding their eyes from the shockwaves and dusts of Gohan's sudden flight. The three looked around one more time, seeing the bodies of the unconscious villains one last time, before they decided to go.
On the central plaza, Zangya who was walking closer to the kids and All Might, suddenly stopped upon seeing a familiar figure landed between her and the kids. Her eyes widened, mouth agape, hands, no her whole body shivered.
"Son-sensei!" And as if it wasn't clear enough for Zangya, Midoriya shouted the name of the person who suddenly landed in front of them.
Unlike his earlier take off, Gohan arrived in an instant but silent, without making any noise, it was like he teleported there. He looked around for a second while his body still facing the villains at front.
Found Midoriya, Bakugo, Kirishima, and Todoroki were standing in front of All Might who was slowly transforming into his weak state. When focusing more at the kids, Gohan realized that their bodies were tied into some kind of threads, an energy threads, which left some scratches and even blood started to come out due to the pressure applied to their skins.
PAATSS!
Gohan quickly cut all the threads connected to the kids using his hand covered in Ki. No one can see what he just did except for Zangya, and All Might, even for the number one hero his movement was too fast, he managed to see it but still with difficulties. For the kids however, his hand moved so fast, all they saw was a blur, and all of a sudden they were free from those threads.
Gohan then turned his back, and looking at the kids.
"You're all okay now, get behind All Might."
The kids however, were confused, not of what he said, but what he did. They understood that he wanted them to get protection behind All Might, what they didn't understood was, why would he turn his back in front of his opponents? How can he be so casually doing that?
Same thing happened on the villains' side, Shigaraki was curious on why was this newcomer casually talking to the students while the villains were behind him. But, when he looked at Zangya, he realized that, she also didn't attacked him, even a small drop of sweats were spotted streaming down her temple.
Shigaraki was not much of a fighter himself, but if someone as strong as Zangya didn't even attacked the opponent in this situation, that would make a clear enough sign for him, that this man in front of him had his guard ready for an attack at any time. He was not to be taken lightly.
Gohan looked at All Might for a moment before he threw something at him.
"All Might, eat this." He ordered while throwing something at the bigger hero.
All Might caught it, and when he opened his palm, how surprised was he to find out it was some kind of peas or beans.
"A b-bean?"
"Just eat it, you'll get better…"
All Might was a bit confused at first, but ate the bean anyway. And how surprised was he, when he felt all his energy rushing back to his body, his muscles tensed up for a moment, and the injuries he got from the battle earlier were healed. He can now stand up straight, and ready to fight another battle.
"All right…! I don't know what just happened, but I'm good as new." All Might said as he walked passed the kids, and stood on Gohan's side. "I'm ready to fight." He said, cracking his knuckles in front of his chest.
That was shocking for the villains, as they knew from what Zangya had said, All Might had lost all his energy, but now he was back with full energy.
For the kids, except Midoriya, none of them understood what had happened. They did heard what Zangya said about All Might losing energy, but they didn't believed it, they didn't noticed any differences on All Might earlier, so they thought he was just tired, and now ready to fight. While for Midoriya, he knew that when All Might got weaker, smokes would come out of his body, just like earlier, so he knew what had happened, that bean brought All Might's energy back.
They didn't noticed his healed injuries due to the blood covering on it, but they knew All Might was ready to fight again. Until Gohan said something that surprised everyone.
"No, All Might, I appreciate the help, but I want you to get the kids to a safe place. I'll handle this myself."
"H-he wants to fight them by himself? Is he crazy?" Kirishima thought, which actually the same thoughts like the others. This sensei was either super strong or crazy mad to fight these villains all by himself.
"But, Son-san, are you sure?" All Might asked, but upon seeing that fierce look on the Saiyan's face, All Might knew he was serious about this battle. He also noticed how Gohan was looking at Zangya differently than the other two, he assumed Gohan might knew her, or had fought her before.
"A-All right, if you say so." To the surprised of everyone, All Might easily agree with him. Just by seeing that look on the Saiyan's face, was enough for the number one hero to know he can handle this on his own, not to mention he already knew what the Saiyan capable of, his fight on that island a few days ago was a proof of how strong he was. "C'mon kids."
"B-But All Might-" Midoriya tried to object before cut by his classmate.
"That dark creature even managed to push you back All Might, and that wasn't even the final boss, she is." Kirishima tried to reason as he pointed at Zangya who was still standing on guard in front of the hero. "We can't let him fight them alone, that's not what heroes do…"
"I know, but believe me, we have to trust him. Son-sensei is no pushover, he is strong, he might even be on par with me…" All Might said, which surprised the kids and the villains, except Zangya, as she knew 'on par' wasn't the correct word for the comparison. "Besides, right now capturing the villains isn't the only priority, getting you all to safety is the main priority."
With that, the kids took one last glance at the villains, before going with All Might into the entrance, where everyone gathered.
"Don't even think I will let you escape that easily!" Shigaraki shouted before he quickly ran towards the kids and All Might.
But before he could get closer, Shigaraki was stopped by Zangya whose hand was placed in front of him, telling him to stop.
"You two better go too, this would be dangerous, you might even die." She said, shocking the two villains and the kids.
What she said wasn't a lie at all, judging on how the fight went on that small island a few days ago, today's fight could be even more dangerous as she might have to go all out, someone might die by simply being there, watching their battle.
The pale man wanted to object at first but seeing her fierce glance, even Shigaraki Tomura can feel the shiver on the back of his neck. He knew she was serious, he had no other choice but to do what she said, and let them go. When Shigaraki looked at Kurogiri, the mist figure nodded, and soon created some kind of portal for them to flee.
Gohan quickly darted his opened palm to them, and shot a kiai wave towards the two, trying to interrupt their escape. But Zangya quickly got in front of it and countered it with her own kiai wave.
BOOOMM!
The sound of two kiai wave clashing with one another echoing around, destroying the ground where it clashed, creating crater around 12 metres in diameter. The shocking waves of air lasted about five seconds before it finally stopped, leaving the place as calm as if the clash was never happened in the first place.
Everyone was shocked to see the scene that played in front of them, no one expected it. Though it wasn't really a powerful wave as everyone could still stand on their feet albeit with difficulties, but they all knew, this was far from the two actual power. If this level of feat was just a game for them, then their battle in full power would be disastrous.
"GO! NOW!" Zangya exclaimed at the two.
Finally back into reality after hearing Zangya shouted, Shigaraki quickly walked into the mist portal to escape, but before he could enter…
BANG!
"AAAGGHH!" The young leader of the villain's league shouted in pain.
As soon as the gunshot sounded, his leg was bleeding from the new hole created by the bullet, making him unable to step forward and fell to his knees.
Everyone turned to where the gunshot came from, it was from the entrance, and there they all saw Snipe, with his gun directed towards the villains. But he wasn't alone, the other teachers from UA had arrived to the scene, and also Iida on their side.
"Class 1-A representative, Iida Tenya! I've come back with reinforcement!" Iida shouted announcing his arrival as if it wasn't clear enough for the villains.
"They've finally arrived." All Might said internally while seeing them with a smile of relieved.
"Tch, the others have come, it's over. We should fle-"
BANG! BANG!
"AAAGGGHH!"
Another two bullets were shot and went through Shigaraki's thigh and left shoulder.
"Kurogiri! NOW!" Zangya yelled, telling Kurogiri to quickly wrap up Shigaraki with his mists and teleported him to someplace safe.
Snipe tried to shoot but to no avail, the mists was in the way, he can't get a clear shot. When Gohan directed his arm towards the mists, and tried to launch another kiai wave, Zangya quickly shot a ki blast towards All Might and the kids, forcing Gohan to quickly teleport in front of them, protected them from the blast.
BOOOOOMMM!
The explosion was monstrous, it can be heard even from outside of the facility. The shockwaves created by the explosion can be felt even from the entrance, it sent the kids and All Might flying away back from their position earlier. Bakugo used his explosion to slow down his flight, while Todoroki used his ice to land smoothly on the ground. All Might on the other hand, grabbed Midoriya and Kirishima, and helped them landed safely.
When they all landed, they were still shocked by the explosion, but they saw it, a moment before the blast hit, Gohan appeared in front of them, protected them.
Looking back at the black smokes of the explosion, everyone expected the worst had happened to the Saiyan sensei.
"How dare you…"
To the surprise of everyone, it was his voice, it was definitely him, when the smoke dissipated, slowly revealing the figure of the Saiyan, with both hands crossing in front of his face, protecting himself from the blast.
"H-he's survived that…?" Kirishima couldn't believe what he had seen.
They might had quirks, and had super human durability, but at the end, they were all still human, even bomb explosion would still be dangerous for most heroes. And that explosion earlier would be deathly even for All Might, yet… Gohan survived that without a scratch.
"…to even attack children, is this how rotten you've become? Or maybe this has been you from the beginning?" Gohan said looking at her furiously, his face showing that anger, that fury of a Saiyan.
For Zangya however, she never wanted to hurt the kids, on that attack, of course she didn't gave all her power. She already expected Gohan would go protecting them, she knew they would not get hurt. That was why she did it, she trusted him to protect the kids, so she can let her partner escape.
But unexpectedly, Kurogiri stayed behind. He already transported Shigaraki away, but he stayed for some reason.
"What the hell are you doing!? Why are you still here!? Just go!" She yelled at the mist figure upon seeing him still there.
"What are you talking about? Are you not coming? Come on! Let's go!" Kurogiri responded, but before Zangya can talk.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Several bullets were shot by Snipe, the sound of the gunshot surprised everyone especially Kurogiri, as the only conscious villains left were him and Zangya, and he knew, Snipe wouldn't be dumb enough to shoot a mists object like him. So Zangya must be his target, and if she got hit by those bullets, that would be the end.
But she shocked everyone when she simply raised one finger, then with movement imperceptible by everyone except Gohan and All Might, she deflected all the bullets with one finger, just one. All the deflected bullets went on random direction, one of them went into Gohan, which he simply caught when it almost hit his face. Gohan also paid attention to the other bullets so he could react in time if there was a bullet went towards the kids.
"W-what just happened?" Kirishima asked, voice trembling, still couldn't process how Gohan survived the explosion, and now he had to watch this.
"I- I think she just d-deflected Snipe-sensei's bullets…" Midoriya said, his voice trembling just like his red hair friend.
After seeing what she did with those bullets, not only Kurogiri, but the other heroes and students were impressed with what she can do. In a world with superheroes, people might think guns weren't really that useful, but no, even among heroes, guns, were still dangerous weapons. To be able to not only deflecting, but tracking the movement of bullets coming towards her, was impressive to say the least.
When everyone was still shocked in silent, Zangya turned to Kurogiri, and broke the silent.
"I'm fine, I can handle this. Besides, he would not let me go." She said, making Kurogiri to turn looking at Gohan whose serious expression hadn't gone.
And just like she ordered, Kurogiri looked at her one last time before he nodded, and then disappeared in thin air, leaving Zangya as the only conscious villain left. She turned to look at Gohan who also didn't lost sight of her at anytime.
"I didn't expect you would come here…" She said, smirking nervously, drop of sweat streaming down her temple.
Gohan however, didn't said anything in response, but looking at her with that fierce Saiyan's glance. Not only Zangya, but everyone can see and feel how furious he was to meet her. That black body suit under his green gi, revealing how tensed his muscles had gotten, some can even see his veins popping out on that black bodysuit.
His red cape flapping furiously, with no bandanna and glasses, Gohan felt and looked much more imposing as a hero.
"So… we really gonna fight here? Now?" Zangya nervously asked, even though she knew the answer, she knew that would happen.
"I will not let you go." He finally responded to her. "Not after what you've done to these kids, and to them, the real Yuuji, Emi, Kuro, those police officers…" He tightened his fists even more, and thin smokes started to come out of his body. "…and to Tsukauchi. I won't let you get away this time, not after everything you've done to them."
Slowly, that thin smokes around him turned into some kind of fire, an aura, a white fiery aura that was moving intensely like a burning flame. Despite being metres away from him, All Might and the kids can still feel the heat of that aura in the air. It wasn't something that would burn them, no, but it was warming yet at the same time felt so powerful and intimidating.
Seeing the Saiyan was ready to fight, principal Nezu was about to help, so were the other teachers. But Gohan interrupted.
"Principle Nezu, please, let me handle this myself." He said, full of pride as a Saiyan warrior he was, not even looking at the principal but focusing on the villain at front. "Please, get the students to safety, this could be a dangerous fight."
Some other teachers were about to reason, it was such a stupid decision for a hero to fight a villain alone when there were other heroes who can help. But Gohan did it not only because he had unfinished business with his opponent, but also because he knew how dangerous she could be. He wouldn't let his colleagues fought her, that would be suicidal.
And the principal realized it when he saw the expression on Gohan's face. Remembering what they were talking about earlier, he knew, the two had met and fought before, so Gohan probably knew about her abilities. Also, judging on how All Might had some injuries and traces of blood on his body, while she hadn't had any scratches, meaning that she could be stronger than expected, and only Gohan knew how strong she was.
Besides, the Saiyan wasn't to be taken lightly either, he broke All Might's record on his pro hero test, which could mean he was actually stronger than the number one hero, he'd just need time to prove it to the world. He was also confident on fighting her, so maybe he had won their battle before? With that thoughts in mind, Nezu stopped the other teachers and was sure enough to let Gohan handle this villain on his own.
"Are you sure Son Gohan-san?" Nezu asked, looking directly at Gohan who was still not looking back, but in return he sent a confident nod at the principal. "Alright then, but we'll wait here and will quickly jump in if we see you need help." Nezu said, he was planning to wait there with some teachers, while the others escorted the students to a safe place, he wouldn't risking having the children on a battle scene.
Gohan actually wanted them all to leave, and not to be around the facility, but he knew they wouldn't listen to him on that. Some of them had gotten frustrated enough on how stubborn he was on wanting to fight by himself, asking them to leave would only make them mad at him.
"Don't worry sir. This battle was over before it began." He replied, his cockiness actually surprised some teachers too, they didn't expected him to be a cocky fighter.
"Bad-ass…" Kirishima mumbled, amazed by the manliness of the Saiyan.
Gohan then looked at All Might, and the hero knew what he meant by that, he grabbed both Kirishima and Midoriya.
"Come on, we need to go!" he ordered Bakugo and Todoroki, before he suddenly took a long jump and landed in the entrance of the facility with Midoriya and Kirishima on his hands. The other two students followed him quickly, Bakugo used his explosion to fly away, while Todoroki used his ice to slide.
The students couldn't believe how their teachers let Gohan fight by himself, that wasn't very hero-like thing to do. But out of all the students, Midoriya, Bakugo and Todoroki were the most curious and questioning their principal's action. Just like other kids, the three had similarity when it came to the superheroes' world, it was their idol, All Might.
They all had the same idol, and when they came into UA, their goal was only one, to be the best hero in the world, even better than All Might. But now, seeing how their principle letting Gohan fought the villain alone, and not even the number one hero joining on the battle, was there really a possibility this new sensei was as strong as All Might said, or probably even stronger?
Now that all had gathered in the safe zone, Gohan and Zangya can finally start their battle. Both two fighters slowly levitating in the air, and got higher until they were about twenty metres above the ground.
It was actually surprising for some people, especially they who hadn't known Gohan's quirks, most of them thought his quirks was super strength and speed, but now they saw him flying? He can do that too?
The two staring at each other, one looking fierce, one a bit nervous. No one talked nor moved a muscle, both analysing each other movements, even in the slightest of their breathing. Predicting when the first attack will come.
The teachers were all invested on the scene, and so were the students, they forgot to get them out of the place and still observing the scene with them instead.
"Why haven't they sta-" and right before Mineta can finish his words, the two disappeared in thin air, as if they had never there to begin with.
Everyone had their eyes widened in shocked, unable to see or detect the fighters' tremendous speed. Then suddenly…
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!
A powerful explosion sounded from the sky above, echoing around the dome-shaped building, as Gohan's and Zangya's fists clashing into each other.
That simple contact of their fists was enough to make the ground trembling, sending some students fell on the ground. The others tried to gather all their strength to stand on their feet, but the shockwave that impacted their bodies as a delayed effect of the blow knocked them back away a few metres, it was like getting hit by a solid invisible object when it was actually just air.
Everyone, even the pro heroes were knocked away a few metres despite applying great amount of pressure from their feet to the ground so they wouldn't fall. Even All Might made some traces on the hard floor, courtesy of getting knocked back a few feet away.
"WOW! That was mad! Did anyone feel that!?" Kirishima was erupting with question, without losing sight of the fighters on the sky, he activated his hardening quirk in reflex and protected himself with both arms in front. His question however, fell on deaf ears, no one answered it as it was a dumb question to say begin with, of course everyone felt it, not to mention the others were still too stunned to respond him.
And immediately after that first blow, the two began exchanging a barrage of monstrous punches and kicks, too powerful, the whole place started shaking uncontrollably. Every blows, every hits, either met with blocks or clashing with another attacks.
Every time their attacks connected with each other, the ground trembling and cracks started forming on random sides. The lake area was shaking as if it was a terrifying storm on the open sea. Some of the trees were cracked on the surface of their trunks every time the blows came in contact.
"This is madness." Midnight commented, trying her best to stand on her feet. "It's like they created an earthquake from their blows. At least the whole school area must be affected." If she hadn't been there, and hadn't known about the battle, she would've thought it was just an earthquake. When she looked around, observing how the environment were affected by their feats of strength, she noticed the students were there, behind them all this time. "What the- WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE! All Might get them to safety!"
And just like an alarm that woke those who fell asleep, her scream turned the other teachers to look at the kids, and instantly realized their mistakes by having them there.
The students however, were still focused on the battle, though none of them could actually see the movements from both fighters, even among the teachers, only All Might can see it albeit with difficulties.
The most focused among the students were Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki. They all always saw their idol All Might as the strongest hero that they wanted to be one day, their goal was to be the best like him. But now, there was a new height, a new mountain that seemed impossible for them to reach. And on top of that mountain was their sensei, Son Gohan.
Bakugo had his fists clenched on his side, frustrated, infuriated on feeling how weak he was compared to All Might when he fought Nomu earlier, and now, there was a new level, far above All Might, a level that seemed impossible for him to reach, no matter how long, or hard he would train.
"Come everyone! We need to get out of here!" All Might's order woke the whole class, averting their look to the number one hero, and some other heroes who tried to get them to safe zone.
KABOOOOOOOMMMMM!
And as if the battle didn't wanted to lose its audience, another booming sound echoing around from far away on the mountain area, making everyone to look back at the scene, only to find a massive explosion of dusts on the side of the mountain.
When they all looked at the sky, they found Gohan was still floating with his right fist forward, giving good enough sign for everyone that he managed to hit his opponent and sent her to hit the mountain side. The explosion was deafening, the gusts of wind it created can be felt from the entrance area, despite being many kilometres away.
"Please get them to safety." Gohan suddenly started talking at the teachers while pointing at students in the entrance area, surprising everyone. "I can't go all out if they are here."
Of course he wasn't really planning to go all out whether the kids were around or not. If he wanted to go all out, he would need at least a whole island as big as Japan to battle without any casualties. He wanted the kids away, so he could increase his power a bit without having to be worried of hurting them, that way he might be able to end the fight faster.
His statement however, only brought even more concern on the faces of those present. If this feats had nothing to do with his actual power, then how much more destruction would've happened if he went all-out. Would it cost the whole school to be destroyed? The whole country? Or perhaps the planet?
None of them knew that Gohan was far from the strongest fighter of his universe, and there were twelve universes in existence that had strong fighters of their own. Son Gohan was just one fighters of his universe, who had the blood of the prideful warrior race inside him. The blood of a cruel race that even the Gods, Kaioshins regretted to have created, the race that even a God of Destruction had dreamt to fight.
The prideful warrior race, Saiyan.
There it is people, hope you all enjoyed it, and sorry if it took me a long time for update. Thank you for reading, and as always, sorry if there were any grammatical mistakes in the story. See you next chapter!
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