Chapter 13 the demon and the sword.
They took to the flat lands around the Heroes' HQ. Garou tried time and time again to convince Atomic Samurai not to go through with the fight. "It is not in your best interest, or do you really have a death wish?"
"Enough of your mind games, I have wanted a piece of you for a long time. I find it's unfair that Zombieman got to hack at you, but not me."
"I believe Garou is trying to warn you of something, Atomic. It's best to take heed." Said Silverfang.
But they were already outside, the heroes stood on the sidelines as Atomic Samurai grinned with delight. But sharing that same smile was Garou. "I never thought I would get the chance to have another hero hunt like this. Still, I already won. And my final warning to you is to stop this now before you regret it."
"Shut up and fight." Muttered Atomic.
"I guess there's no other choice, but just to prove a point… I won't hit you." Said Garou. "I don't have to in order to defeat you," Garou went one farther as he tucked his hands behind his back. The move infuriated Atomic Samurai even farther. They didn't move for the first moment, Atomic didn't take out his sword just yet and Garou was waiting for him to make the first move.
"Come on, get this over with!" shouted Tatsumaki.
Suddenly, a kick up of sand blew, blocked Garou's vision of Atomic. Yet he gracefully dodged an attempted slice from the skilled sword master. In return, he landed a strike of his own. It caught Atomic off guard as he felt something brush against his cheek. When he checked, it was black marker.
Garou's hands remained behind his back, it was his tail that made the marking. "I suggest you stop in less than two minutes, or you will die."
Atomic didn't take kindly to the threat. He began to get serious and attempted to hack Garou, or at least, leave him with a gash he will never forget. Each stride of his blade just missed its intended target. Yet there was one stride that managed to hit. Garou felt the sting of the sword across his left cheek where he marked Atomic. The swordsman smiled with delight. "Some fight you're putting up!" Yet as sweet as his moment was, Atomic Samurai began to feel weak very suddenly. He broke out in a sweat oddly. His face grew pail as he legs started to tremble. He fell to his knees and couldn't catch his breath. His hand suddenly grasped on to his chest.
"I didn't see Garou strike him, what's wrong?" asked Metal Bat.
"His vitals are dropping." Said Genos. "He's going into cardiac arrest!"
The heroes rushed to Samurai's side. They inspected him, seeing how or what struck him that is making his heart give out. Garou at first watched from a slight distance before he made his way over. He lingered over Atomic Samurai and merely stared at him with great disinterest. Garou turned over Atomic Samurai's right hand and exposed the red blisters on it. Suddenly, the S Class heroes were staring at him. "When I tell you not to touch me, it's for a reason," said Garou. "I ate a frog monster a while ago, highly venomous and was yet to finish digesting the poison from him. I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen." Garou leaned down, he stared Atomic Samurai in the eye as the hero gasped for breath and said. "Hm, I could leave you to die. Right here, right now."
"For the love of God, Garou!" begged Silverfang.
He rolled his eyes. "Fine," he sighed. Garou lifted Atomic Samurai up with his left arm. He began contorting his right index finger. The claw began to grow out of it and became finer and finer, nearly to the width of a needle point. When satisfied he stabbed Atomic near the heart!
"I KNEW IT!" screamed Tatsumaki. "You are SO DEAD!"
Before she could summon her power, Atomic snapped out of it. He breathed deeply and coughed aloud. Garou took his claw out from his chest and let him recover.
"Wait, you can make anti venom from the venomous frogs?" asked Child Emperor.
"I make my own anti venom. Any poison I eat, I can remedy myself."
"Impressive." Said Child Emperor.
"We'll I'm sick at looking at all of you. I'm leaving." Garou announced.
"We never settled on an agreement!" said Sitch.
He blew him off. "So what?" he said. "Truth is, I tried it your way. I tried doing what would be 'best for everyone' but apparently, I am still not good enough to be seen among you. I am SICK of trying to be the nice guy, I am sick of what you speak of me behind my back and yes, I know!" he said. He looked at each of the heroes and said. "You never see the stars in the darkness, do you? Hm, I don't want to be in your company. I don't want anything to do with the heroes association, after all. I'm not like you, any of you!" he paused for a moment. Calming himself down, Garou said. "None of you want anything to do with me. Or even encourage me to do something right for once…"
He took off like a shot into the sky. Atomic was slowly getting to his feet, yet still gripped on to his chest. "What the hell just happened?"
