The weight of the world descended upon Saitama as he looked into her pleading viridian eyes crying out towards him. His heart thumping wildly in his chest, the vicinity of those who were trapped became nothing as the universe faded out to become him and her. The pro heroes limping at the side mattered not, neither did the panicking of the crowd of people around him, and nor did the villian known as Parasite.
"You can be a hero."
The rush of wind in his ears, he burst out of the crowd, stunning all around him in a gasp. The warnings of the pro heroes did not catch up to him, drowned out by his own adrenaline surging through his body.
His legs boosted him forwards, his heart crashing against his ribcage, as he lurched forth, his right hand descending into clawing the ground and amassing a cloud of debris. And in fluid motion, he flung the projectiles in his hand towards the exposed face of the villain, rendering him blind and roaring for a short moment, within that moment of arrogance of removing his mask.
"YOU SON OF A-"
Visibly, the grotesque tendrils holding the girl captive lost some of its grip, with Saitama taking this chance to reach out force away the metallic twisting appendages that held her. Saitama bent away tentacle after branch after claw, his eyes lit up with fire. The same look he had on that fateful day. Almost untangled from the web, the girl squirmed harder, eager to escape the beast and right into the safety of the crowd.
"Why are you here?"
"Because you looked like you were asking for hel-"
Saitama let out a cry as a dense blow to the side left him barrelling towards the ground, his world spinning into darkness as he tumbled and rolled on the disgusting living surface. Still, he righted himself up, lifting his head towards his enemy in spite of the lulling darkness and merging colours, his right side of his ribcage throbbing, his vision forced back into focus. He glared at the villian, his teeth clenched, his arms halfway propping him up.
"Argh. That hurt."
Parasite's living mask-helmet was already reformed around his head, the compound eyes amidst the rough twisting metal scales of the helmet reflecting Saitama's own glare in them. Nonchalantly, he tossed the once captive girl to the side, with her yelping in pain and scrambling away from the monster.
"You're stronger than these second-rate heroes here. And so, you have interested me."
Saitama's heart stopped momentarily as he saw the trap he was in, as he took a flash of a glance behind him, his legs readied for jumping out of the attack range. In the open arena, Parasite was at the center, with Saitama being the last stand against the helpless civilians and their death.
Arms mutating into a spinning cage of death, a shimmering red gleam shot forth and smashed the against Saitama's guard, excited to mutilate their next victim. Saitama, using all his willpower, bolted up and forced his arms to bear the brunt of the strike, guarding against his certain death, his forearms sustaining various cuts and rips as stood his ground against the monster, his body catching up to his breath.
"Very noble aren't you. Putting other's lives before your own."
Parasite slowly ambled forwards, readying another attack, evident from his twisting and clawing arms. Slowly, tauntingly.
Saitama, from his x-guard stance of his arms, swung them outwards, taking on another stance in anticipation of another larger attack. Sweat and blood flowed from his forehead, stinging his vision, and his body drooped with every deep exhale, and his arms trembled in fatigue. It was clear that he would not hold on more for long.
"No one expects much..."
He clenched his fists with iron will, the same fire in his eyes unwavering, as he took on another blow that lifted him into the air, dropping back onto the ground with a slam.
"From a Quirkless guy like me. I know I'm weak. I'm not strong enough to be a hero."
His compound eyes shone with disgust, as tendrils formed behind his back.
"But I can't let you advance to kill all of these people here, while I have the power to do so."
His vision doubling and blurring into disarray, he propped himself up standing through sheer willpower, his body screaming for him to stop.
"It's not about winning or losing! It's about me taking you on right here and right now!"
The crowd was roaring with cheer behind him, supporting him in his stand against the villian, roared in support of their newfound 'hero'. The downed heroes stood on silently too injured to interfere, praying the delay would allow for Deku to arrive and this superhuman kid would be safer than dead.
"Do it kid! You can be a hero!"
"Yeah! Smash that villian in!"
And with a bellowing shout, Saitama burst forwards with every last drop of his strength.
"DETROIT SMASH!"
A green lightning bolt decended from the sky in a flash, rupturing the ground all around the vicinity, smashing in the mask of the enemy, completely shutting down the villian Parasite in one blow, with the aftermath of a crater forming and gales of wind blowing outwards, rings of shock travelling outwards from the ground and erupting into debris.
Updrafts circled the area as buildings swayed around them, collecting people and seperating debris from them, and directing these currents was the S-Class Whirlwind, negating some of the winds caused by Deku. Saitama was of no exception to the sheer force of the wind pressure caused by just one punch, winds carrying him up, then setting him down onto the stable ground gently on his feet.
Various heroes in their gear then came racing into the scene, quickly doing their job in rescue.
The Hero squad had arrived.
Saitama could only look on as the crowd was saved, cheering and celebrating the "New Age All Might" as he stood, one fist raised, face in a wide smile of victory, his green eyes twinkling with strength, towards him, acknowledging him.
As he looked into those viridian eyes, he felt an understanding between them both, before falling into the void of fatigue.
a/n yo its been a long week man, and a longer week next week as i catch up for my exams and such. do leave a review for me to improve on my writing and i hope yall will continue supporting me.in any case, im looking for a beta reader for this story. do pm me if youre interested!until next time!