AN: LATE AGAIN SORRY. AND IN THIS CHAPTER EDITING WASN'T EASY. I'M USING THE APP WHICH IS CRASHING.
THE FRIDAY SCHEDULE IS STILL MY PLAN, BUT YOU CAN EXPECT THE CHAPTERS EITHER ON FRIDAYS OR SUNDAYS.
"That's all." Aizawa said then left the room leaving all startled students behind. A training camp? Why there is a training camp? Isn't principal Nezu wanted them from harms way? That's the reason why the dorms exist in the first place, right? To keep them safe?
Then why a training camp happening so openly. They got notification on their phones just as Aizawa left. The timing was perfect, nonetheless. It says the following.
'Dear students of UA academy. As the principal, I am informing you all about the Training camp, which sheduled to conduct openly at one of our trusted training grounds. Wednesday morning, class 1A and 1B is requested to join their teachers outside by the bus. More information will given upon departure.'
Momo has the only one holding the phone while the others gathered around her. "Okay... that was a bit too sudden." Kirishima said.
"I'm sure it is." Kaminari agreed.
"But, I thought we're not supposed to go outside." Seri reminded.
"Well, unless you have a teacher to guide." Iida said.
"Wait for what principal Nezu has to say. We don't know where are we going, right? Let's just hope it's not somewhere... open." Momo said.
"We can't change whatever is gonna happen, kero." Asui said.
"Besides, I suggest think through this in a positive way. We're gonna train like never before. Are you guys not excited about that?" Izumi said and others looks at each other and nodded slowly.
"Izumi's right. Running won't help us get stronger. Besides, we are a great team right. Teamwork bring down giant ass villains before." Toru hyped up.
"Yeah, whatever. I taking a breather. Don't know about you nerds, but I'm feeling trash with you allin this room." Bakugo announced as he opened the sliding door to the back yard.
"Yeah, air is pretty thick here." Kirishima added and followed Bakugo. Others don't have any other suggestions and followed both boys to outside.
Izumi shrug off the uneasiness in her mind. Since her outbreak at sports festival, there's something nagging her calm mind. Maybe the defeat weighing her down. Moments like these, a little brother like Izuku would have been helpful. Sadly there's no more of that green haired boy. He died.
"Gosh, Ami. You keep wandering off. I was talking to you." Uraraka complained. Izumi grinned sheepishly and apologetically.
"Sorry about that. You know it's hard to merge in with my problems. I have plenty of it to bother me." Izumi genuinely stated.
"Oh, no worries. I wasn't talking about anything interesting." Uraraka said and she noticed Izumi's look. A look Izumi has while she thinking of her family. Her brother. "I know what you're thinking." She added.
Izumi nodded. "I think I will overcome this. Just the memories are too much to forget." Izumi said and gave Uraraka a small smile.
"You don't have to forget if you only remembering it to be happy. Forget it, if you are blaming yourself for nothing. Cheer up for us, Ami." Uraraka comforted.
"Thank you, Ura. I appreciate your words." Izumi said.
They all stood there talking and laughing until it happened. A sound of 'swoosh' came, which was a bit loud and they felt like the ground vibrating slightly. They all caught off-guard as they froze on the spot. They experienced this type of events before. But this time, there's no earthquake like tremors. Only vibrations of something so far or high above.
They all looked around and panic swell inside their hearts as their eyes ran all over the place. Nothing was visible, but eventually it happened.
"LOOK, UP THERE. HE'S COMING FOR US. OH SHIT...SHIT. WE'RE GONNA DIE." Mineta shrieked in horror and points up at the sky.
They looked at the sky and saw it. The green fire glow piercing through the lower clouds like an aeroplane and with an unsettling and frightening sound, the vigilante who up until now never gave anyone a clue of his flight abilities. And they're sure that's the Ghost Rider passing by. It's almost impossible to forget that light and colour of the mystic fire always wrapped around him. The horrors of USJ still as clear as day in their mind. The onslaught they witnessed. The deaths of villains who overpowered them. The annihilation of the bird monster who almost killed Allmight. Like an apex predator, the previously known Greenflame appeared that day, wiped out everything and everyone on his path.
Now they are seeing the vigilante flew by. Like always they're glad Mineta' words never came quite right, because the vigilante just flew across and out the visual reach. And first time their glad, Mineta' screams never came to reality. Bakugo somehow irritated by it and used his Explosion to fly up to the Rider. At least he tried. His Explosion didn't worked out somehow.
"Keep your anger concealed, Bakugo. I'm sure you could have a long life if you stay." Came Aizawa' voice, who was happens to be right behind them. They all looked at him and he is already looking at the distant green dot light. "Even my quirk seem no effect on him. That's why you're all going to the camp, overwork on those quirks and make a better use of them. Remember, it's smart to lay low to avoid danger. Strike with a plan, not with distracted mind." He said.
The students are now don't know what to feel. The Eraserhead, who could erase any quirk, cannot erase the quirk of this Vigilante. And that feeling alone, scared them even more. They are looking at the Vigilante and still he's a complete mystery for them. What is he? Where did he even came from? Why he's on a killing spree? Why they're still alive after what happened at USJ? And why didn't kill Allmight?
Ghost Rider saved one hero, only to kill dozen more.
Izumi's eyes stay glued on the vigilante and sighed. She have to admit one thing though. That green fire is so beautiful that it could hide the danger in it. Unlike any type fire or fire quirks, the fire of the vigilante seems more out worldly and mesmerizing. Even progressing so far from eyesight, the beauty of the flame still can be spotted. And being a pyrokinesis quirk user, she's so jealous of the Ghost Rider. Her flames don't possess such the glory and beauty.
ELSEWHERE...
A small box laid on top of the brown polished table, which was hallway empty. Inside the blue metallic box was neatly arranged red objects that highly resembled bullets. Well, technically they are bullets. But for a different purpose than killing. The production itself is as gruesome and bizzare as the use of the bullets. Aside from the neat brown table, nothing else in the room was as neat. White paint jobs and tiles now has the messed up colour of red, and papers and tubes scattered around it. And the said red color, isn't just a color. Pure blood, fresh and warm, wasted on the ground like it held no value. Maybe the the sickest part of it not the blood itself. The source is way more tragic and horrifying.
There laid a child, clad in white and covered in her own blood. Her breathing was heavy and lagged, almost as if she's crying with dry eyes. However, no physical injuries could be spotted on her small figure despite the fact that the blood came out of her veins and flesh. No open wounds, but lot of blood. Messed up as it is, her 'father' sat on one of the couches, away from any filth and he eyed the bullets and the girl evenly. By that look alone, it's not hard to guess who's hurting the poor child.
"Have you behaving all bratty, Eri?" He spoke in his calm and collected demeanor. " See what I did? You should have been in your room playing with those toys I brought for you. Instead, you outsmarted that new babysitter and tried to run away. Because of you, I have his filthy blood all over me. All because you." Overhaul, the leader of shie hassaikai, said to his 'daughter'. "You should known, that the less painful way for this is to, be a good girl and obey me." He finished.
"Overhaul, there's something." One of his henchmen said while entering the room. Chrono was already next to Overhaul.
"Did it work?" Overhaul asked.
"Not quite. They tried it on a hero at the city. They reported to seeing the effects of the drug nullify within ten to five minutes. The beta version is not what they are looking for. The bullets sale dropped in past few hours. Nobody willing to try it out, unless it's a guarantee." The goon reported.
Overhaul, sighed. "A positive start, nonetheless."
"How come?" Chrono wondered.
"It was expected to not work out as we need. Give it some rounds, and I'm telling you we have lot of time." Overhaul states and looks down at the broken little girl, who at this point lost het faith and hope. She heard him, but there's nothing else to do but to wait for more pain.
But fate has different plans it seems.
BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM...
Yakuza base shook violently, with an earsplitting banging sound. Like a bomb explosion. Lights exploded and the hallways and rooms envelopes in darkness. White walls cracked and tiles started to break.
"WHAT IS THAT?" Mimic screams. The small man almost face planted on the ground by the force but managed to remain his balance.
"Lights are out. What could it be?" Shin wondered.
"If it's a planned attack is my concern." Chrono said.
"You mean hero's found us? But how?" Shin asked.
"No, I don't think it's the heroes. They don't have any evidence to open fire. Probably it's one of those villain groups we're in touch with few years ago. I think someone really is not happy with our services." Overhaul calmly states. "Is security systems functional?" He asked.
"No. Only my tablet working." Chrono said and he types a few things in the screen and sighed. " The main generators destroyed. The backup one needs to be activated manually." Chrono said.
"You heard him, Mimic." Overhaul says and the small figure nodded.
"For you Overhaul." He shouted and grabbed a syringe out of his mask and injected it into his neck. The small villain immediately grew in size, taking a shape of a bulky muscular man and immediately submerged into the concrete floor.
With all the ruckus going on, Eri dragged herself into the corner of the room and curled up into a ball. Her shaking figure is enough to tell that she's terrified. She can't even deal with her 'father', and now there's a possible villain attack. Either way, she's still at the recieving end of pain. That's what she thinks anyway.
Soon enough, the hallways automatically repairs as Mimic used his quirk to manipulate the concrete. The objective he was given is to manually activate the secondary power generator. And you have to go all the way middle of the lybrinth like hideout. Nobody else could see him obvious, because he's inside the walls. That doesn't mean he can't see them. Roaming around the facility, whilst fixing the damage on the way, he headed straight to the power supply room.
BBBBOOOOOOMMMMMM...
Another blast could be heard and the shockwave and tremors badly affected Mimic, who happens to be inside the 'conductor' of the tremors, which happens to be walls. "AAARRGHHH...DAMMIT..." Mimic screeches when he felt the sound blasting in his ear. "WHICH MORON IS IT...I SWEAR I CRUSH THEM INTO A BLOODY PULP." He screamed extremely annoyed. "I... gotta turn on the generator." He grumbled and proceeded on his way, faster than before until he was forced to halt on his way.
His eyes widened in horror at the sight in behold. The upper part of the Yakuza base is gone, exposing their secrets to outer world. The house on the top is just a pile of rubble now. On the ground under the big hole was a huge crater that only forms if a small meteorite lands on it. One thing is sure. No bomb was used.
Mimic knows the number one hero can do insane things like this with a flick of his finger, but what he saw around the crater, don't make him believe that it was done by Allmight. His gut churned and terror filled his heart. His voice hitched and eyes widened even more.
There laid one of the most powerful quirk users they collected over the years, and given the opportunity to become Yakuza members. The same individuals are now, nothing but burnt and melted corpses which can be counted upto 50, 60 or even 80. As if they are nothing. Whatever attacked them, is not a peace lover it seems. He never seen this much carnage and gore in his whole life. Even Overhauls punishment methods are less scary. By the position of the corpses, Mimic realised something. They are set afire while they were alive and when they were melting like iron, they tried to crawl away or roll around.
"What's taking so long?" Came Overhauls voice through his earpiece and he flinched.
"IT'S... HORRIBLE...IT.. HORRIBLE OUT HERE. OUR MEN..." Mimic screams back. "YOU GOTTA SEE THIS." with that being said, Mimic rushed to the power room and struggled to activate the generator with his shakey hands. There's only one CCTV survived the blast and when the power came back, the monitors of the lab lighten up with bunch of static screen and one screen with footage.
Just like Mimic, no words came out of their mouth. Because they never seen things like this. Sure they are used to seeing blood and gore, nothing ever come close to the carnage in front of them. Within seconds, 80% of what they built up got destroyed with the men they recruited over years.
"What do we do, Overhaul?" Mimic asked still staying inside the walls.
For a short time, Overhaul was silent. "Evacuate. Take Eri and our project somewhere else."
"Understood." Mimic heard Chrono and Shin reply.
But before he could reply...BOOOMM. Something fell or more like thrown into the already existing crater from the sky. This time too, a large amount of debris flew around and smoke and dust blocks his vision of view.
"What the.." he mumbled and looks closer at the thing, and due to his quirk, he can barely see what's going inside the dust cloud. A huge wounded and bloodied figure layed still and half of his body got burnt. Mimic soon realised who that is. Rikiya Katsukame. The powerhouse of the group, now laid there beaten and wounded.
Overhaul and others saw that too via the camera and right away they knew, they should be more quick if they want to avoid the attacker.
Mimic was about to do something when he saw the green light up in the sky which descending faster than sound towards the ground. The green light stopped just before touching the ground and hovered up in the air. Mimic saw the appearance of the attacker. Black burning leather outfit, hoodie covered face and green fire all over their body. And they were holding a hug fire spiky sledgehammer and chains. The figure has wings coming out of their back, which is made out of black blade like 'feathers'. Mimic cannot see their face due to the green fire coming out of his hood.
The figure looks down at Rikiya for a couple of seconds, like he's trying to figure out something. Mimic was froze on his spot, out of fear he never experienced before. Sure he's unsure and a bit cowardly than his comrades, but now he's terrified.
Mimic didn't know what to do but he felt a relief. Nobody can spot him in his hiding place. He can see them, but they can't see him. At least that's how he wanted it to end. However...
Mimic then saw the figure slowly looking up and towards...him? Mimic tried to convince himself that, nobody could spot him. Just that, he cannot believe himself on that. The figure stayed there, fixated in the air looking at his direction, causing goosebumps all over his body. The next second, the figure was right in front of the wall after moving weirdly and inhumanly.
Mimic flinched in surprise and before anything he could do, the figure slams his fist into the wall, so roughly that the thick wall shattered, and the the impact hit the villain right in the gut. Mimic felt the wind knocked out of him and a metallic taste of blood followed. A metal grip took a hold of Mimic' neck and ripped him out of the wall and raised him up, so his feet dangling a feet above the ground.
"Wh.. WHO AREE...ASSHOLE?" Mimic screams but it wasn't understandable.
Mimic saw the figure tilting their head sideways, looking at him for something. But before anything, a wall of crystals slams onto the figures hands which only could loosen up their grip on Mimic.
"I suggest you let him go." A man's voice spoke, attracting the figure' attention.
The crystals shattered as the figure swings the sledgehammer at it.
There stood the remaining Yakuza except for Overhaul, Chrono. They already evacuating and The Rider knows that. The child he's here to save is in their hand and she's afraid and hurt, which angered him more. The Yakuza was ready to strike except for one. Rappa, who stood behind them. Seeing their fighting stance, his gloved palm brighten and in front of their very eyes, Mimic screams in agony as his body dissolved due to the heat. The bones crumbled and fell on top of the bloody pile.
Seeing their Manager die like that kicked up fear in their hearts and they looked at each other and mustered up enough courage and dashed at The Ghost Rider. Shin aiming gun and others except Rappa powered up their quirk to attack.
Deku normally kill the sinners one by one, however this little child really need comfort. For that he gotta be quick.
Up until now, Kodachi and him was in a spirit bond that helped them to merge and seeing them coming closer, they got separated in a second and the wings on the Rider turned back into Kodachi. Kodachi without wasting time took off in the missile speed and stabbed through every villains who's striking at it's master. Kodachi stabbed right through their chests, killing them all in seconds.
With the job done, Kodachi looks at Rappa who was frozen on his spot. However The Rider didn't sense any fear in Rappa' heart, but only admiration and wonder. Rappa is a fair fighter and that alone makes him different.
"So, that's what you can do? But I won't let you pass unless I'm dead." Rappa said and readied his fists. "I can see my death, so I request you to beat me by yourself." Rappa said.
Kodachi returned to it's master and out of the fight. The Rider was in front of Rappa in a second and both started to punch each other in lightning speeds. The fists of both connects each other, and Rappa was clearly the only one having serious damage. The Rider' punches like a meteor shower compared to Rappa' bullet like punches and with few more seconds Rappa' chest punctured and blood splashes around but he refused to stop.
However, The Rider can sense the satisfaction of Rappa, who's finally happy because of the opponent he got. And there's no going back now, within seconds The Rider' right fist punches through Rappa.
The fatal wound hurted a lot, but Rappa died with grin on his face, despite the fact mask covering his face.
Meanwhile...
Chrono and Overhaul rushed to get out of the facility through one of the many passages and up until now, they didn't thought they have to almost run. Their men supposed to hold the attacker or possibly kill him. But with Chrono' tablet, they saw almost everything that happened. And only Chrono figured out who they are dealing with. The news and rumours of a dangerous vigilante on a killing spree, hardly ever noticed by Yakuza, considering their workloads are too much. Yakuza barely watches news at this point. But being the assistant of Overhaul, he did his fair amount of researches and during one of several updates, he heard that, some of the fellow drug dealers gone silent or was brutally murdered. Everyone blames only one individual for that, and that said individual is a vigilante.
"I think I know who's this guy is." Chrono spoke.
"I don't think it matters anymore. We're gonna make it out of here and start over again." Overhaul stated.
"Where are we going? Our hideouts aren't available for us remember." Chrono asked.
"A random building is enough to build up what we started. Just, I want all the dirt cleaned." Overhaul said.
With the exit few metres away, they considerably slowed down. Maybe it was overconfidence or ignorance. Whatever it was, they did the wrong thing.
BBBOOOOMMMMM...
The loud blast startled them and the wall in front of them got destroyed. Dust cloud formed and they could only see green bright light inside it. Eri froze and almost activated her quirk in fear. The loud blast was a bit too much for her. She snuggled closer into Chrono' hands. Not because he comforts her, but because there's no other place she can go.
When the smoke cleared, they saw the bird that wiped out the rest of their men. Even though it is smaller than them, it's way more dangerous than anything. It's skeletal and hellish appearance scared Eri even more and she whimpered. Never in her life she saw something like that. Overhaul wasn't scary enough that a ghost like bird trying to kill them.
Soon enough the metal footsteps could be heard and out of the hole in the wall, came out an equally fiery humanoid.
"I don't care who or what you are. I suggest you leave. You killed my men and infiltrated my home and I think you achieved enough. We're both killers and consider it as a deal." Overhaul said and slightly removed his gloves. He's not a fool, and knows there's a chance the fire guy will decline the deal.
Ghost Rider however stayed still and silent which freaked them out. When you're facing something unknown and silent, it makes that individual even more mysterious and terrifying.
"I think he's the vigilante people are talking about, Overhaul. His motives are unknown or there's isn't one." Chrono said attracting their Overhaul' attention. Chrono felt Eri stiffen and both of them noticed it as well. When they looked back at The Rider, he's already in front of them. And it wasn't even a second.
Overhaul reacted quickly and ducked, touching the ground creating spikes out of the ground. The spikes was huge and capable of killing anything. But the spikes melted before even touching the rider, who tilted his head sideways looking at him.
Hiding his surprise, Kai manipulated the ground and created walls between them and the Rider.
"Here take this." Chrono handed over the pistol containing the quirk erasing bullets.
Overhaul aimed the gun as a fist punches through the wall and the rider walked out of the rubble. Overhaul aimed directly at the Rider' chest, and fired. Conveniently, The Rider didn't dodge or move out of the way. Just stood there as the bullet hits him.
For a split second they thought it worked, but nothing happened. "Why isn't it working?" Overhaul shouted.
"I think it takes time. Maybe his quirk-" Chrono was cut off short as dozens of chains came out of the ground and snaking around him and just Kodachi out of nowhere came and snatches Eri out of his hands and flew out of the area. She screamed in fear but for now Deku has an abusive father and a fellow supporter to deal with.
"What the..." Both Chrono and Overhaul mumbled and soon enough, Chrono was screaming in pain. The chains developed a spikey edge and tighten around him. Tearing his flesh and melting it at the same time, Chrono was killed rather painfully but quickly.
Overhauls eyes widened in shock and all he did was punch on the floor to create spikes, barriers, and weights but none of it harmed The Rider who just like before came face to face with Overhaul and instead of attacking, he reverts back into his human form. Overhaul didn't realise it but both his hands are trapped by Izuku' strong grip and it is bended so he cannot touch and kill Deku.
Overhaul only could see Deku' two green eyes that felt like staring at his soul and Overhaul also felt his confidence dying.
"I'm sure you weren't scared few minutes ago. Why? I can see fear in your eyes. Maybe all it takes to break your will, is by slaughtering your strong sidekicks." Deku started.
"I... I'm.."
"Do you know why they had to die? It's because you corrupted their morals and brainwashed them to work with you. All of them committed sins that is unforgivable. They didn't even feel sorry for a child."
"Who... W.."
"You used your abilities in a sick manner and that's why you're not allowed to have it again." With that being said, Overhaul felt his hands heating up and an unintentional scream escaped his mouth and he screamed even more as the pain grew. Soon enough both his hands crumbled into ashes.
"For what you did to that child, I'm gonna make you experience the pain you caused upon others." The burnt part of his hands lightened up and the hellfire got inside of his veins which was agonizing and finally the penance stare followed. Overhaul saw and felt their pain. His screams could be heard all around the place and Deku finally drops him.
Overhaul will die but very very slowly, painfully. Slower than any other kills deku has done. And Deku got the Idea of how long the hellfire keep him alive. Almost 6 to seven hours. Even if anybody try to save him, it's impossible to.
Deku walked out of the hallways and towards the top of the destroyed Yakuza base until he stops outside a door. He could hear a heartbeat, which was beating slow. The soul of the individual has done sins, but they weren't unforgivable. Deku knew, the girl Eri needs someone.
Izuku opened the door and saw an old man laying there with many tubes running in his body. Deku immediately knew what happened. The old man showed mercy to s homeless boy and that same homeless boy did this to him.
The serum was still present in the old man's vessels and he placed his gloved hand on the man's chest. The warmth of the hellfire mixed with the bloodstream of the old man and to an extent increased the immunity and even destroyed half the venomous serum. But Deku could do only that. The old man's body is fragile to completely destroy the serum, but with what he done now, the true leader of Yakuza will wake up eventually.
Izuku knew where the girl is and proceeded to walk. Kodachi and Eri was outside the hideout and Kodachi already shifted back to a normal Raven. But she's still afraid of it.
Izuku slowly and carefully walked closer to her causing her to crawl back. She's scared of him and she's thinking he will kill her too.
Izuku knew it and lowered his hood revealing his face and white hair. "Hello there Eri. Please don't be scared, okay? I'm helping you out. Nobody will hurt you okay?" he comforts her but wasn't as successful as he thought but he cannot do anything about it.
"I'm here because you were in pain. Sorry if I scared you." Izuku said and that attracted her attention.
"Your... lying." She mumbled.
"I cannot change your opinion. So I leave it be. But I know something about you." Izuku said.
"Wh.. what?" she asked.
"You don't like your quirk. Am I right?" He asked and her already big eyes widened even more.
"How do you know?" She stuttered. Really how this stranger know.
"I know because I'm here to help you."
"Why? I'm a nobody. Because of me people died. I'm a curse." She said and tears fell. Crying is something so normal for her. The torment she gone through and the pain she endured.
"If you were a nobody, I would have ignored you. I'm here because you matter."
That words lifted some weight out of her heart. "Re.. Really?"
"Really. I was just like you Eri. People hurted me too. But turns out, my service do matter 8n this world. Saving precious people like you is what I'm doing. " Izuku said.
"I'm not a nobody, then?" Eri asks.
"Haha... You are way better and precious than people who lives in this world. They think they own the world. But you Eri, keep thinking if you're bad. And only good people think that way. So, will you let me help?" he asked.
Eri was hesitant at first but nodded slowly. Izuku nodded and touched her horn and instantly it vanished in green fire. Eri only felt a sting though.
Izuku was about to say something but he heard police sirens. Heroes and police are on their way. The disturbance of the explosion he caused must have gave away the location.
"There. With the quirk you fear is gone, I'm sure you won't see yourself as a curse anymore. The police are coming. Will you wait here? I'm sure they'll take good care of you." He asked and Eri touched her forehead and nearly busted in joy when she realised she ain't no 'monstet' anymore and without any thoughts she jumped and hugs Deku. And she immediately felt safe in his arms. like he's some kind of guardian angel of her's. He has the aura of an angel, unless you don't mind his hell formation.
Izuku froze as well. When was the last time someone hugged him? He don't remember but still happy that she trusted him in a very short time.
"Now, Eri. I must go now. Remember me if you want anything and I will know." He said and Eri slowly released her grip and nodded. "Heroes will take give you a place to live and if anything goes wrong, don't worry. I'll be there." He assured her and whistles. Eri was surprised when a motorcycle emerging from the ground. Deku mounted the bike and drove away.