Hello everyone.
I know it's been a while; I pretty much dropped off the radar. I'm not dead or sick if that's what you guys are wondering.
I've been dealing with a lot of emotions as of late. I'm just so sick and tired of hearing nothing but bad news about Covid-19 and the innocent lives lost from it. I know I shouldn't be listening to the news but I just can't stop myself sometimes. But seeing all of us come together to help each other out has brightened up my spirits and given me newfound hope and faith. I'm getting better day by day but it'll take some time. For now, just let me work at my own pace.
Another reason is that my work hours got bumped up a lot. I work as a grocery stocker but I'm not sure if that labels me as essential personnel but it's taken a lot of time out of my writing.
One more important note is that I am no longer answering reviews in my chapters. Several users brought this up to my attention and I have to agree with them. It did suck up a lot of my energy having to answer EVERY SINGLE REVIEW when only a scant few were actual questions. I had a lot of fun answering them for years and getting to know some new people but ultimately, I found myself struggling to answer all of them and can no longer keep up. It was fun while it lasted though. From now on I will answer reviews that are questions in the PM if possible.
UPDATE NOTE 5-24-21: Teancum007 has informed me how Ochaco's Quirk actually works and have made the necessary corrections. Credit goes to the user and huge thanks!
UPDATE NOTE 7-27-21: Added new scenes involving Miruko.
UPDATE NOTE 12-21-21: Added more references to the Slayer's family.
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Chapter 4
Maul at the Mall
UPTOWN MUSUTAFU-KIYASHI WARD SHOPPING MALL
Walking through the archway that led into an outdoor shopping mall, the Doomslayer had to get used to moving through the densely packed crowd. Once again, people didn't seem to mind or care but there was the occasional talking behind his back. The Slayer began to wonder what he would do next now that he accepted there was no way back to the alternate Mars. He couldn't just keep wandering around Japan aimlessly.
He rubbed the back of his helmet in frustration. Trying to re-integrate into society was going to be a massive pain in the ass. It seemed impossible due to a combination of fighting the horrors of Hell and living in the techno/medieval world of Argent D'Nur for a long time. And what was he supposed to do here? Be a Hero? No, he was way too bloodthirsty to be a Hero.
Speaking of Heroes, he noticed a store to his left that sold all sorts of Pro Hero paraphernalia. Masks, posters, keychains, lunchboxes, bobbleheads, trading cards, board games, and more action figures. People just couldn't get enough of these guys. Humorously enough, he imagined the whole store lined with merchandise based on him. It helped him lighten up a little.
Then he saw a little statuette of Miruko in the display case. Why did he keep seeing that woman and why couldn't he get his mind off of her? Did she remind him that much of his wife? He shook his head. No woman would ever be with someone like him and he had given up on finding love eons ago after the heart-shattering loss of his family.
But right now he still had to address what was next for him and VEGA. Maybe he could upload him somewhere so he could help The Hero Association and other governments? Nah, they'd probably freak out at how advanced and fully sentient he was and try to pull the plug. That and VEGA required the equivalent of an arctic continent as a cooling system. As he thought up other options he had, he spotted something up ahead that stuck out like a sore thumb: a boy with green hair sitting at a bench that circled a palm tree with his back turned.
Wait…didn't he meet someone who had hair like that a day ago? In his HUD, he noticed VEGA analyze the boy and a school photo popped up in his vision as well as revealing his name: Izuku Midoriya.
It was the same kid he met when he first landed in this new universe. Again, he had another chance encounter with someone in such a short time in this new world. The Doomslayer decided that it would be best to stay away from Izuku since no good would probably come from running into him again. The Slayer turned around and started to head back towards the entrance-
/That boy is in a state of distress./
The Slayer stopped in his tracks and looked back towards the boy. As the crowd started to disperse a little, he could see a man in a pitch black hoodie and black pants sitting next to him with his arm slung around Izuku's shoulder. But the way it was angled was a dead giveaway that he had his hand around the boy's throat. He watched the man turn his head a little to Izuku and took note of his deathly pale skin, scars, winkled eyes with red irises, and heavily chapped lips along with stringy, bluish-gray hair.
The Slayer was assaulted with numerous, traumatic images flashing through his head when he saw the man's face. He almost looked like the Daegs after they aligned themselves with Hell. His HUD began to analyze his facial structure just before he turned around.
/That man is a Villain. Tomura Shigaraki: leader of the League of Villains and the mastermind behind the U.S.J. Villain Invasion./
VEGA showed the Slayer interior security camera footage of a large, training area-like facility. A smoky portal materialized in the middle of the grounds and Tomura emerged forth from it, his face and arms covered in hands. A small army of Villains emerged from the portal and began to spread out all over the facility and wreak havoc with several Pro Heroes engaging them.
The footage then cut to Tomura kneeling next to a bizarre creature with an exposed brain holding down a man with a large scarf, probably a Hero. The Doomslayer caught a glimpse of a horrific smile stretching across Tomura's face from behind the hand mask and he was suddenly upon three students submerged near the edge of a lake, one of which just so happened to be Izuku. Tomura's hand almost engulfed a student's face and Izuku sprang forward to stop him, only to be stopped by the creature when his punch did virtually nothing to it. The camera footage vanished from his HUD, leaving him wondering what happened afterward.
/That student was unharmed and I have analyzed his Quirk. It allows him to completely disintegrate anything he touches whether it is organic or inorganic. However, he needs all five fingers touching for it to work. I have scanned that he has all but one of his fingers around his throat. Mr. Midoriya is in great danger./
That settled it. The Doomslayer stomped over to him, popping his neck as he did. Looks like he was going to have to throw reintegrating out the window.
Tomura Shigaraki was absolutely ecstatic. He had finally gotten his answer and now it felt like a fog had been lifted from his mind. His grip around Midoriya's neck tightened, choking him as he relished the petrified look of fear and the beads of sweat rolling down the boy's putrid little face.
"Ahhhhh…my head feels so much clearer now. It's like I finally connected the dots! I now understand why the Hero Killer pisses me off so much and why you're so annoying." He happily deduced as he gave Midoriya a terrifying, face-splitting grin. "It's all about All-"
Tomura's smile vanished in an instant when he felt a large hand grab him by the head and before he could even so much as move a finger, he was slammed down onto the ground and was being repeatedly punched in the face with the force of a jackhammer! Izuku tumbled off the bench as the sounds of screaming shoppers filled the air. Coughing and sputtering as he gripped his neck, Izuku turned around and saw a tall man in green fling Tomura into a gelato store like he was a sack of garbage! His eyes were locked onto the man as the shoppers ran for their lives.
It was him!
"Deku!" He heard someone yell. He turned to his right and saw Ochaco Uraraka and the rest of his classmates running over to him. "What's going on?!" She worriedly exclaimed as she and Denki Kaminari helped him up. Her eyes snapped over to a large, 6'8 tall man clad head to toe in heavy green armor as he walked towards a store obscured by dust. "Who's-"
"Shigaraki!" Izuku coughed out as he pointed to the store. "Shigaraki!"
They all looked to the store and the dust cleared to reveal a man completely dressed in black and immediately recognized the pale skin, messy hair, and eyes. It was Tomura Shigaraki! The one responsible for the U.S.J. incident!
Tomura felt like the side of his face was on fire. The punches had ripped up his skin, he could feel the fracture in his cheekbone and his upper lip was horribly split, reopening the scar. He was so dazed that he could barely make out the armored man advancing toward him and slamming his foot into his chest! Tomura was sent crashing through the counter and didn't get a moment of reprieve as the man grabbed him by the neck and head-butted him, breaking his nose!
Tomura tried to grab onto the man's helmet with both of his hands but he was punched in the gut, spun around and the man roughly grasped him by his hair; slamming him face-first into the glass display case! The Doomslayer slammed Tomura's head over and over again into the counter, heedless of his squeals of pain as the shards of broken glass dug into the Villain's skin. As easy as it was to punch this little bastard's head off, he wanted to make him suffer a little more. He threw Tomura into a wall with so much force it sent him crashing through it and into another store. The Slayer strode through the large hole and he saw Tomura make a beeline towards a frightened old man huddled near a clothing rack. Knowing Tomura was planning to take a hostage with him; he drew his EMG Mark V Pistol in a flash and squeezed off a shot.
The 4-megawatt round ripped straight through Tomura's left hand, burning a hole straight through his palm! Tomura screamed in agony while the old man ran for his life out of the store. When the onlookers who remained saw the gun, more screaming was heard as they ran. Izuku and his classmates remained rooted where they stood in shock. The Doomslayer kicked Tomura into a wall and with an enraged yell, the Villain rushed towards The Slayer with his right arm outstretched but the Slayer grabbed his arm and ripped it right out of the socket at the shoulder!
"GYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Shigaraki's throat went coarse as he screamed his lungs out, clutching the bleeding stump as blood shot from it like hose! Uraraka, Mina Ashido, Minoru Mineta, and Jiro Kyoka screamed as well while the others gasped and staggered backward.
Grabbing Shigaraki by the scruff of his hoodie, the Doomslayer began beating him across the face with his arm like a makeshift truncheon! He unrelentingly bludgeoned him without mercy; seemingly heedless of the group of young teens staring on in terror. The Students of Class 1-A felt like they were watching a horror movie unfold before their eyes. They were so frightened that none of them could muster the will to stop this brutality. Uraraka covered her mouth; her eyes watering in fear as she slowly walked backward away from the grisly scene but never noticed someone was sneaking up from behind her…
The final blow from his severed appendage sent Tomura tumbling out of the store and onto the ground near the students who backed away in panic. The Slayer chucked the now bent limb to the side and slowly walked over towards Tomura who was desperately trying to crawl away while leaving behind a trail of blood. Shigaraki uttered pained mewlings as tears ran down his bloodied cheeks, trying his hardest to fight off a combination of shock and blood loss. The Doomslayer firmly planted his foot on Tomura's back and drew his Combat Shotgun equipped with the Charged Burst mod.
Pumping a fresh shell, he pressed the barrel of the weapon up against the back of Shigaraki's head and prepared to pull the trigger-
"STOP!"
The Doomslayer looked over to Izuku. The boy had mustered the courage to take a few steps towards him though his legs shook like jelly. "P-p-please! Y-y-y-you don't have to kill him!" Izuku pleaded as he held up his shaking hands. "He can't even fight back! You just can't kill someone like this!"
A tall teen with short black hair, glasses, and unusually large calves stepped up next to Izuku. "You have no right to execute him! Just hand him over to the police!"
"AAAAAH!" Uraraka suddenly screamed.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to put a moratorium on that." A raspy voice spoke.
Class 1-A looked behind them while the Slayer snapped his head towards where they were looking. A tall man wearing the same black hoodie and black pants Tomura wore had his left arm wrapped around Uraraka's neck! The girl struggled to release herself as she grabbed the man's arm but he had a firm, vice-like grip around her throat. The man lifted his face to reveal horribly gnarled, discolored skin with half of his face grossly stapled onto him. His blue, but hollow-looking eyes radiated malice and sadism. His hair was unkempt and spiky.
"Ochaco!" Tsuyu Asui cried out worriedly.
"Let her go you son of a-!" Eijiro Kirishima angrily barked as his hardening Quirk manifested in his fists but then the man held out his hand towards them; blue flame dancing around his palm.
"I wouldn't do that." He warned, causing most of the group to back off out of fear of their friend getting seriously harmed. Dabi looked toward the shotgun-toting man in heavy armor and smiled. "I gotta hand it to you, Space Marine. You got a pretty brutal way of handling things…I like it."
/I am unable to find any information on him but I have analyzed his Quirk. It allows him to generate highly destructive flames from his body but prolonged usage of this power will burn him. Nearly 75% of his body is scar tissue due to overuse of this Quirk./
"But that guy you're currently beating the shit out of is my employer and if he gets offed, I'm out of the job. So here's what I propose: you let him go, I let her go. Sounds like a fair trade, wouldn't you say?" He bargained.
Fair trade? Fuck that. The Doomslayer instantly swapped out his shotgun for his Heavy Assault Rifle outfitted with both the Micro Missile and Tactical Scope Mods. He aimed it right at the man while his foot was still firmly planted on Tomura's back.
"Ah, ah, ah~." Dabi taunted as he brought his flame-wreathed hand dangerously close up to Uraraka; a sickening grin stretching across his patchwork face. "You really want a dead U.A. Student on your conscience?"
Izuku gritted his teeth as he and his classmates watched the intense standoff. He didn't know what to do as the wrong move would either get Uraraka or themselves killed. Either by the Villain whose Quirk oddly resembled Todoroki's or the violent Vigilante. As they struggled to find a way to end this situation before it ended in a possible fatality, Izuku and the others noticed Uraraka staring at them. They watched her point to her hand that was still gripping the Villain's arm. Everyone realized what she was planning to do as she slowly nodded at them.
"I'm getting pretty impatient here, buddy. Are you gonna let my boss go or do I have to-"
Dabi was suddenly launched several feet into the air, the sudden action causing him to release her! As Ochaco ran back to her friends, the Doomslayer punted Tomura towards the suspended man like a football towards his toadie; colliding into each other in midair. The Slayer fired a stream of missiles at them from the rack on the side of his HAR. Dabi fumbled with his hands and fired a plume of blue fire at the missiles, detonating them in mid-air as he and Shigaraki fell in a parabolic arc into a store across from the group and crashed straight through the window.
Dabi wiped away the broken glass off his hoodie as Tomura lay sprawled on his lap, blood staining his pants. Dabi quickly got up and slung Shigaraki's remaining arm over his shoulder and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head when he saw the armored man pointing a rocket launcher right at them! Izuku and the others ran when they saw him pull out a giant implement of destruction seemingly out of nowhere.
With his targets fully locked on, the Doomslayer pulled the trigger and three rockets erupted out of the barrel straight towards Tomura and his henchman. But almost instantly, the same black portal that The Slayer saw in the security camera footage materialized behind them and dragged them into darkness! The portal disappeared and the rockets flew into the empty store.
UPTOWN MUSUTAFU-SEVERAL SECONDS EARLIER
Miruko leaped across the city in long bounds above the busy streets of Japan. A few hours ago, she looked through the Pro Hero Registry to find the armored man after she and Fatgum handed the purse snatcher over to the cops. When she discovered no one in the registry matching the guy's description, she immediately knew that there was something suspicious about him. She searched high and low all over Musutafu for the man but there was no sign of him anywhere. How hard was it to lose a guy dressed up in Halo cosplay?
But that's when her ears picked up the faint sounds of screaming in the distance and she took to the rooftops to get a better vantage point. Standing atop an apartment complex, Miruko saw the shopping center in the distance and could make out a crowd of people fleeing from it. Miruko was about to jump down and head towards the commotion when a loud explosion rang out and a plume of fire rose from the mall!
"SHIT!" She exclaimed as she jumped off the building.
UPTOWN MUSUTAFU-KIYASHI WARD SHOPPING MALL
The explosion engulfed the store and several others like it in a massive fireball. As rubble and broken glass bounced off of his Praetor Suit, the Doomslayer angrily narrowed his eyes. He put away his Rocket launcher; cursing himself for not using the primary fire on his HAR to finish them off. He would try not to make the same mistake next time. The Slayer slowly turned his gaze over towards the group of teens and almost instantly, they jolted backward with expressions of fear and some looked ready to defend themselves. Great, now he was the bad guy. The sounds of police sirens blaring in the distance were his signal to amscray and he bolted towards the other direction.
Izuku almost got the urge to chase after him and stop the armored man before he went on a rampage but was stopped by Fumikage Tokoyami who gripped his shoulder and frantically shook his head. Izuku swallowed; if Tokoyami was that cautious, then going after that guy would be a very bad idea.
Darting into an unoccupied street, the Slayer looked behind him towards the shopping center with a column of smoke rising forth from it. Now the whole city was going to be on the lookout for him and would view him as some kind of axe-crazy vigilante. Like he could give a fuck what they thought about him. But he had drawn way too much attention to himself and he couldn't walk around Japan out in the open. There was no way he was going to sit in a cell for the rest of his life, laws be damned. Spotting a manhole in the center of the street, the Slayer easily took off the cover and slipped into the sewer system; making sure to seal the manhole back up. As he trudged through the muck, the Doomslayer mentally remarked on how he had walked through worse places with far worse conditions.
But unbeknownst to him, as soon as he put the manhole back on, Miruko ran across the street as fast as she could towards the mall. As soon as she entered the main pavilion, she was treated to the sight of multiple stores in flames, a group of terrified kids...and a store with blood smattered all over its interior along with a severed arm lying nearby in a pool of red.
A rush of memories that Rumi thought she laid buried started to crawl its way back up from the darkest corners of her mind...
KIYASHI WARD SHOPPING MALL-SEVERAL HOURS LATER
By noon the entire mall was closed off by the police with Heroes and investigative officers scouring the pavilion. Firefighters extinguished the burning store while Heroes searched the area for clues or any suspicious persons. Forensics teams confiscated surveillance camera data from the stores; a separate team carefully dispensed Shigaraki's arm into an evidence bag.
However, there was someone that nobody noticed hiding in an alleyway near the mall entrance. He was a dark-skinned man of undetermined nationality wearing a heavy brown cloak over ornate armor. The man had pale white eyes with a rune running across the left side of his face while a curved scar snaked across the right side. Taking one last look at the congregation of law enforcement personnel, he turned around and left the area.
Usiel, the Archangel of Valor swallowed grimly as a bead of sweat rolled down his head. The Doomslayer was no longer a myth amongst the Gods of the Ascendant Realm or the Prime Council.
"He is real."
To be continued…
Again, apologies that this took longer but I hope you guys can understand.
So for starters, I know you guys were expecting more from this fight but you have to understand why this was short. The Doomslayer is a friggin demigod. Tomura Shigaraki may have a powerful Quirk but he's a walking skeleton compared to Doomguy. It's like pitting Sid Phillips from Toy Story up against Maui from Moana: One of them is going to come out on top, one of them is going to be reduced to wallpaper paste, you already know who's going to win. And yes, as easy as it was to instantly kill him, The Slayer wanted to prolong his suffering a little more.
I added Dabi into the mix because I like to think that Shigaraki had some backup with him in case his meeting with Izuku went sour along with a quick cameo of Kurogiri. So now the League of Villains and Class 1-A (sans Bakugou and Shoto) get their first encounter with The Legendary Doomslayer and his actions in the future will change the world of MHA. Will society and the Heroes view him as a troubled Vigilante or a bloodthirsty lunatic?
And now we have the reveal of a very important ally that will be essential to the Doomslayer, Izuku, and the other Heroes. I was originally going to use an Angel-type hero from an obscure FPS but he was just "another Doomslayer" and guns are The Slayer's forte so I scrapped him.
Instead, I used Usiel from the Darksiders series. I know I'm using a character from another game but I can assure you all it will work out, trust me. I'm planning a pretty huge history surrounding him and Ascendant Realm that I'll be keeping a secret. But what I can say is that Usiel will play a very sizable role with The Doomslayer and Izuku.
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