I don't own One Punch Man, nor do I own My Hero Academia. Each Franchise i owned by their respective owner..
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Tokyo, Japan..
The blond haired man was staring aimlessly at the sunrise, before a buzz was heard from the table near his bedside.
He turned his head, picking up his phone, only to find a few missed calls that was registered at the homescreen of his phone.
"A call from.." Yagi shook his head to get a clear shot of the name plastered in the screen, "Unknown number?"
Yagi fixed his gaze on the phone for a while, before throwing it into the bed, "Eh, it's probably nothing."
He exited the door, going to his bathroom, as he turned on the sink to wash his face. He looked at his face for a little while.
"Looking even gloomier than usual as days passed, huh, Toshinori?" Yagi said to himself, as he washed his face even more. He grabbed a towel from near the mirror, wiping his wet face.
He exited the bathroom, going towards his kitchen, before grabbing a piece of bread, tossing it into the toaster. Yagi grabbed a box of cereal from the storage above the kitchen sink. He picked a bowl from the plate bowl, going to the living room to put both the bowl and the box of cereal at the center.
The bread was ready, peeking half of its parts outside of the toaster. Yagi picked the bread up, before going back to the living room.
Damn, his life was just one giant boring mess. Waking up, breakfast, and then hero work, sprinkled with maybe a little bit of games but..
Yeah, he found the games boring too. Plus, he had no one to play them with. Perhaps he can do some online matches?
"If only those greedy corporates idiots didn't add some kind of subscriptions plan just to play multiplayer modes.." Yagi said to himself, whining in his 'misery', "I'm really tempted to punch their leaders, whatever they're called. Executives or whatever."
He then poured a box of milk into the bowl, using a spoon to take a bite from the breakfast meal.
"Nintendo?" Yagi suddenly had an idea, before resigning in disappointment, "Wait, nevermind. They have subscriptions of their own for the multiplayer modes too."
Yagi then grabbed a television remote, which was stranded on the dining table. He pressed the 'ON' button, as the dim light of the television gradually began to shine across the room.
Not like it had any dark surface to brighten up, but still..
"Advertisements? For theme parks?" Yagi had another idea, "Maybe I can go to theme parks. Maybe ride some Rollercoasters, Ferris Wheels..nah, nah, nah, that sounds boring. I can achieve the same thrill those rides has over a couple of power leaps with my own legs."
Yagi sighed, "Man, I really have no idea what to do other than to scoop for specific sales."
"Maybe Arcade Games?" Yagi asked himself, "Billiard Pool? Swimming?"
"Strip club?" Yagi immediately slapped himself, "Shit, my mouth slipped. I can't believe it." Yagi began to laugh half heartedly.
Yagi changed the channel, as the screen switched into a documentary channel. It explains how Aokigahara remains to be one of the most eerie and, possibly haunted forest to ever exist in the country.
Seriously? People still believes in superstition crap like these? Who the hell still believes in ghosts these days anyway?
"Boring." Yagi mouthed, a lack of interest were shown in his demeanor. He pressed the upwards arrow symbol on the remote, as the channels switched again.
"Villain attack?" Yagi asked himself. The footage shows that a giant humanoid monster was wrecking havoc on a nearby forest.
"Another mysterious being? I thought their numbers were decreasing over the course of decades." Yagi asked in bewilderment. He took a glance on his hero costume, hanging over the door leading to his room.
He stretched his hand, before standing up, dashing towards the bathroom. In a speed that no average man can match, he showered himself, as he brushed his teeth quickly than usual. Exiting the bathroom, he threw the towel to it's place, as he approached the hanger where his hero costume were placed on
Wearing the yellow jumpsuit, he wrapped his white cape over his shoulders, as he closed the zip near his collar. He wore each of the gloves neatly, as he moved his feet to enter the red boots.
A fitting costume for an average, boring ass guy like him.
The costume still has a special place in his heart, though.
Combing his slightly messy blond hair, he stopped when he saw that it was good and neat enough.
He opened the door to his house, preparing for the sunlight to enter his turquoise blue glinted eyes.
Closing the door and locking it, he bended his knees, as he leaped into the luminescent sky above, soaring in the air, feeling the blow of the wind breezing through his skin.
Landing over a rooftop in the Kabukicho district, he leaped again, as the shockwaves produced by the mere strength of his feet alone caused the nearby pedestrians to shout in surprise.
He noticed that he was near the destination when he saw a couple of trees being torn off and thrown away in a distance.
Not to mention the naked giant man standing over the trees with a stoic expression.
...
"You're telling me..." A deep voice came from the distraught man with a skull like armour covering the top of his hand, "That you turned me into this so you can use me to rule this world?"
"Isn't this what you've always wanted?" The man with a white coat asked, standing over the shoulders of the giant man, "To be the strongest man in the world?"
"That desire doesn't include the pointless deaths of the innocents! Or to subjugate them to an unnecessary rule that I can't even imagine to keep!" The giant man screamed, before tearing down another tree, "THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED!"
"Brother, you have to think this through.." The man in the white coat said, "Think about it, with your strength, you can-"
"I DON'T CARE!" The naked giant grabbed the smaller man by the hand, crushing him beneath his palms, before throwing his corpse over several trees.
When a few moments passed, he expressed fear and regret in his face. He dropped into the ground, "I'm a hypocrite, I'm a hypocrite.." He kept repeating to himself, "I contradicted myself..I killed my own brother.."
"I KILLED MY OWN BROTHER!!!" The naked man screamed to the sky, before slamming both of his arms into the ground, causing the entire forest to shake it's ground rigourously at the mere force of his fists.
"Oi, keep it quiet will you?" A voice from below was heard.
The naked giant shifted his eyes towards the man wearing a facial expression that someone could draw under ten seconds. His attire was the literal definition of 'uninteresting', with it's simple and ridiculous design.
"Can you tell me your name?" Yagi asked.
"Marugori.." He replied, "T- the strongest man..in the world...currently.." He reluctantly replied, looking over his own hands.
Yagi looked at the naked giant thoughtfully, before asking, "How does it feel to be the strongest man in the entire world?"
Marugori ignored the last remark, before replying, "It feels...empty." He finished, with a single strand of tear streaming down his face.
"I know right?" Yagi said in agreement, "It really sucks. You know, I feel ya man. But that really doesn't explain why you killed the dude that was standing over your shoulder."
"It was an accident. A..fatal mistake on my part. I let my emotions get the better of me.." Marugori replied regretfully.
He then focused his gaze on the man, before realising something.
"Are you..?" Marugori stood up, before feeling the shock reeling him up.
"Am I what?" Yagi asked in confusion.
"The hero for fun..." Marugori uttered, "All Might.."
"Huh?"
"So you came here to watch me suffer just because it's fun?" Marugori asked with rage, "That's why you came all the way down to this place, right? For fun?"
"Eh, I don't really-"
"You think a dire matter such as this is a way to keep you from being bored, to distract you from this hell you call reality?! Is life just a piece of simulator to you?! YOU FUCKING-!!" Marugori slammed his hands into the small frame of the figure, before delivering a rapid strike towards the pro-hero, as a crater began to form around the area slowly.
As the smoke began to disperse, Marugori uttered these words repeatedly, "My strength..is a curse.." He said regretfully, "Oh god, I killed him, I killed him!"
He put his hands all over his face, distressed at the fact that he has seemingly killed another life. He was a hypocrite, he was-!
"You know, out of all the villains I've faced, you're the most confused one so far." The familiar voice spoke again.
Marugori widened his eyes, "How are you still-!"
"I don't condone you for the things you've done, whether you have the conscience to feel guilty about it or not, but I agree with you about one thing." Yagi turned into a blur, leaping from the ground, cocking his fist back.
He delivered a powerful strike against Marugori's cheeks, "Having too much strength is...kind of boring." He said with a slight frown, as the giant began to went limp into the ground, unconscious.
Yagi landed on the chest of the villain, before crouching down, "Poor guy." He uttered, "Too much strength with a trail of blood following him. Now does that seem familiar?"
He looked behind, only to find that multiple pro-heroes were arriving at the scene.
"I'll leave them to it." Yagi then turned his gaze on the unconscious villain, "Hope you find help soon, big guy."
And with that, he leaped away from the scene, soaring through the clouds above.
He really needed to go to his agency office to check things anyway.
...
Yagi entered his hero agency building, as he strode towards the lounge. The worker in front of him waved his hands to get his attention.
Yagi complied to it, before approaching him, "Anything you want to inform me, Majima-san?"
"There is, and as a matter of fact, it's good news."
"If this is another ploy for you to raise me to the top of the rankings-" Yagi was cut off when the home phone on the desk rung.
Majima mischievously gestured for Yagi to take the phone call.
Yagi looked at him disappointedly, before sighing. This better not be another scheme.
Yagi answered the phone, "Hello, this is All Might speaking, how can I help?"
"Am I a dog?" The voice said from the phone, "Am I a mouse? Am I a bear? That's up to you! But, to many, I am known as Nezu, the vice principal of the UA High School, the most prestigious hero school in the entire-"
Yagi immediately closed the phone, hanging up on the other side of the call.
"Why did you do that?" Majima asked.
"Because I don't speak with rats." Yagi said with a monotone voice.
"He's...not really a rat."
"It freaks me out, that guy."
"Please, just accept the call and talk properly."
"I wonder what kind of atrocious diseases he may transmit. Perhaps-"
"Boss!" Majima yelled.
"Okay, fine, I just don't want to be a teacher." Yagi finally admitted, "What am I going to teach this generation of heroes anyway? Standard training routines? How to scoop for adequate sales to save money?"
"But it's crucial to-"
"Raising my popularity, you're so predictable, Majima." Yagi rolled his eyes, "I told you that I have no interest in crap like that. I've been in the bottom for the past thirty years, and nothing's changing that."
"Even if you have no interest, I just think that it's important for you to maintain your public image. Look at you, you're strong, you have the spirit, people will get inspired by you in no time."
Yagi winced at that last statement for a bit. He then sighed, "Why would they get inspired by a guy like me? I'm just a guy wearing a cheap yellow jumpsuit with barely any productive activities. The only thing I do is play some videogames and hunt for bargain days. If you took even the slightest peek at my room, you'd change your mind about me in no time."
Majima was silent for a few moments, before speaking, "Is that what your title 'hero for fun' means? I get it, but I think there's more to you than it meets the eye."
"Keep telling yourself, 'Jima-san, but I assure you, there's nothing noteworthy about me." Yagi denied again.
"But Yagi-"
The phone rung again, interrupting Majima mid-sentence. Yagi picked it up, before yelling at the speaker, "Look, rat man, if you want to spread your disease, spread it elsewhere. Don't turn this country into another Europe."
"That..." Nezu, even from phone, noticably wavered for a while, before clearing his throat, "Quite the harsh and rude comment you got there, Yagi-san."
"Yeah, because you're a rat." Yagi deadpanned.
"Rude and hateful comments aside, I called you for a certain purpose that I'd like to discuss-"
"You want me to be a teacher, right?" Yagi cut him off, "Look, unless you want your students to be a bunch of people who slack too much in their chores, you don't want me to work there, really."
"Precisely, you are inept in the art of teaching, yes." Nezu spoke, "But your skills at teaching and guiding doesn't matter. You can improve them as we progress through."
"Improve? Nah, I don't really buy the fact that you're willing to hire a complete amateur to do a job at the most prestigious school in the entire country. What's your endgame here, rat?" Yagi asked again, his suspicion rising.
"I'll admit, I have done a lot of research about you. You have an otherworldly feat of strength, yet you don't seem to care about being in the number one spot." Nezu spoke again, "And again, the principal of this school seems to know you personally, and from what I've heard about you, you've been nothing but a good boy."
Yagi was silent for a moment, before saying, "Say, if I accept this ridiculous offer from you, what would you do?"
"We'll advertise-"
"And hearing that, I'm out." Yagi was tempted even more to hang the call.
"Please, hear me out. Your popularity is crucial to the people of this country. At this moment, pro-heroes all over the world are lacking, and people are losing their hope, both in themselves and in the hero society. They need you, Yagi-san." Nezu said, "Your chance at redemption lies in your cooperation to work in this school. We'll work it out. Trust me."
Nezu sighed, "This isn't about your feelings. Think about the people of this country. You can't trust your own judgement and point of view and risk the safety and the sanity of the people of this country. If you are a hero, you would accept my offer. I know you're a good person, Yagi-san, but you're letting your lack of emotional quiotient get in the way of your logical way of thinking."
Yagi looked over to Majima, to ask any sign of disagreement with this, but found none. He was encouraging it. Of course he would. Why wouldn't he?
"God damn it." Yagi whispered to himself, before saying, "I'll think about it, rat. I'll call you over when I'm done."
"Thank you for your time, Yagi-san. And please, try to refrain yourself from referring to me with such an insulting nickname." Nezu slightly pleaded.
"Okay, how about an overstuffed, annoying build-a-bear?" Yagi asked again.
"Rat is fine, thank you very much." Nezu scoffed.
Yagi smirked, "Thought so." He finished, before hanging up the call. He then moved his attention back to Majima, "One of these days, I'm gonna have to decrease your paycheck for making me go through this."
"Worth it." Majima said with a mischievous smile.
Yagi scoffed, before walking away, "Whatever, I'm just checking. I gotta go to a sale before I run out of time. Take care, 'Jima-san."
"Take care too, Toshinori!" Majima said with a slight reddened cheeks. Wait, what was that?
That's all for today's chapter!
TO BE CONTINUED!