Boku no Hero Academia
Disclaimer:
Boku no Hero Academia is owned by Kohei Horikoshi and Bones
Darwin's Game is owned by FLIPFLOP and Nexus
Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here Midoriya is fighting for his life as he is still embroiled in this mysterious app and there the round battle reaches a decisive end…
Well then, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 4: Ketteitekina raundo
Back at the two-story parking lot, Midoriya is roused to attention upon hearing the loud steps coming from the stairs, and realized that Stain somewhat learned of his location, and he carries the nearly-dying Yu and placed him near one of the parking areas of the parking lot, and puts Yu there and tells him to wait here as he will try to stop Stain and stall him so that he can take Yu to the hospital.
Yu tells Midoriya to use this opportunity to escape, but Midoriya is unwilling and promises that he will beat Stain and take Yu to the hospital, and urged him to hang in there until he beats his pursuer.
"Yu-san…please wait for me here…"
"…"
"I'll definitely beat that guy. After that I'll take you to the hospital."
"…"
"Until then, please hang in there."
"…"
"I'll come back for you. I promise."
"…"
As Midoriya went towards the middle of the paring area, in which he is in the second level, he saw Stain emerging from the stairs, and there he calls him out, telling him to come after him if that is what he wants, and vowed that he will beat the hell out of him and escape, though Stain only stared at him without uttering a verbal response.
"Hey you!"
"…"
"I'm right here!"
"…"
"You want me, right? "
"…"
"Then come and get me!"
"…"
There Midoriya ran off, and Stain went after him, commencing a cat-and-mouse chase, and Midoriya somewhat got a considerable lead, and recalled what Yu told him a while ago, that since Midoriya is the competitor, Stain will only go after him, and that Stain can find him via the Darwin's Game app, thus, it would explain why Stain is able to find his target in this parking garage area.
While running, Midoriya wondered what he could do to pin down Stain, as he is armed with a knife and possesses invisibility ability, and wondered what he could do to use Stain's advantage against him so that Midoriya might get a leverage against him.
A minute later Midoriya hid inside one of the lockers while peeking, where he saw other lockers are slowly opening by itself, showing that Stain uses his invisibility Sigil, but then Stain finally spoke and stated that he took a gun from the officer he killed and will use it to kill his prey once he is found. This made Midoriya stared wide-eyed as he is now in a pinch again.
"Hey, boy."
"…"
"It looks like your LUCK has run out. I brought a gun with me."
"…"
"Now you wouldn't be able to escape me."
"…"
"Time for you to die."
"…"
As Stain opened the door of the locker where Midoriya is hiding, he is poised to stab him, but Midoriya appeared to be prepared, as it turns out that he is armed with a fire extinguisher and the younger boy sprayed his attacker, and the contents of the extinguisher hits Stain, where he is covered with the foam-ish contents, and thus he is visible and Midoriya got a clear view.
He then struck Stain with the shell of the extinguisher and the attacker fell to the ground, where he began to punch him non-stop, as he is now determined to make Stain submit so that he could win the game by submission, and he tells Stain to give up so that he won't have to resort to killing him just to win this battle.
"That's it! "
"…"
"Give up now…!"
"…"
"There's enough killings for one day!"
"..."
"Surrender now and turn yourself to the police!"
"…"
As Midoriya kept on punching him, Stain activated his Sigil and he turns invisible again, which caught Midoriya off-guard and stopped his assault, allowing Stain to punch the boy out, and there he attempted to escape, but Midoriya is determined not to let Stain get away and he instinctively ran straight, where by LUCK he managed to grapple him and both tumbled towards the open area, where Stain momentarily became visible again.
Once more Midoriya attempted to pin his attacker down and began punching him non-stop, and for a moment he managed to get the upper hand, hitting Stain with a barrage of punches which somewhat made the attacker lose his edge, and there Midoriya tells him to surrender so that there won't be any killing here and made it clear that he did not intend to join this KILLING GAME, as he only got in this game by sheer accident.
He told Stain to give up now so that there won't be any deaths here.
"That's it! "
"…"
"Give up now…!"
"…"
"There's enough killings for one day!"
"..."
However, Stain managed to find some room and kicked Midoriya back, sending him near the parking lot area, and there he got up and activated his invisibility Sigil once more and Midoriya got up, realizing that he is in a pinch again as he is weaponless at the moment and could not find leverage against Stain.
Stain, on the other hand, managed to retrieve the knife and is now ready to stab his target, deciding to kill him at once after seeing that the younger boy might win by UTTER LUCK, and deciding not to give him any more opening, he stealthily approaches the younger boy and catch him off-guard, so that he can make an instant and easy kill.
However, his attention towards the younger boy became his undoing, as he failed to notice that a car is approaching, and because his invisibility Sigil is activated, the driver of the oncoming car did not know of this and unknowingly rammed Stain, and in the process its tires crushed the head, and the driver, and his passenger stopped at the moment to see if they hit anything, but saw nothing.
"What the…?"
"Did you…?"
"I don't see anything…"
"My bumper's been bumped!"
"Who cares? We can fix it!"
"You're right…"
"Come on…we'll be late!"
"Right!"
Apparently seeing nothing other than Midoriya standing at a distance, the two persons boarded the car and left the area, and as the car left, Midoriya saw the area being stained with blood, and Stain slowly became visible, and is mortally wounded, due to the fatal injury on his head.
As Midoriya pondered on whether to press on with the attack or not, he felt his smartphone vibrating and upon checking it, the Darwin's Game app appeared, showing the RESULTS, which states that Midoriya has won the battle and proclaimed the winner. The younger boy stared in surprised as he could not believe that he actually won the battle as he stared at the dying Stain.
In his dying breath, the defiant Stain lamented that he couldn't believe that he actually lost to a middle school boy who doesn't even know how to use a Sigil and that his target won by SHEER LUCK, and yet he sighed in contentment seeing that the game brought him some ENTERTAINMENT, and stated that he did not regret in joining the game.
Midoriya watches on as PIXELATED CUBES appeared all over Stain's body as one by one his body parts slowly DISAPPEARED until nothing is left.
"What the…?"
"…"
"H-hey…"
"…"
"What is this…?"
"…"
"This can't be real…"
"…"
Midoriya stood in shock at what he just saw, and is left speechless for a moment, seeing that in the dead man's place is a pixelated art-like form, and nothing else is left. Midoriya stood at it for a moment before he checked his smartphone, and attempted to call 1-1-9, and there he is relieved that he is able to call the operator, and there he told the operator the situation and gave the location, where the operator said that she will send an ambulance right away.
Realizing this, Midoriya ran to check up Yu, and he immediately went to the area where he left his friend, and upon arriving, he stood in utter shock as he saw that the area where Yu is left there minutes ago is gone, and in his place is a pixelated art-like form, and only dried traces of his blood are left intact.
Still holding the smartphone, the operator's voice asked Naegi how the victim is, but Midoriya was distraught in sorrow upon realizing that his friend is dead, and the operator asked Midoriya what is going on, but the younger boy can only stare in silence.
"Excuse me…"
"…"
"Are you still there…?"
"…"
"Hello!"
"…"
"What's happening there?"
"…"
He unknowingly turn off the connection and tried to figure out what really happened, until his smartphone vibrated, where he received a text message from Yu, and upon reading it, he stared wide-eyed at what the message said, which turn out to be Yu's dying message: SURVIVE.
Midoriya then wailed aloud in sorrow as he cried in losing a good friend and wondered how and why he ended up in a situation like this.
-x-
An hour later, the scene shifts at his house where he lay on his bed, still drowning in sorrow upon realizing the fact that he lost a good friend inYu, and when he attempted to contact Astro, there is no answer, and he safely realized that Astro has also died and deduced that the Darwin's Game app is the likely culprit, and he wondered what to do next, as he has no idea on what to do now.
Checking his smartphone, the Darwin's Game app appeared, where it shows that Midoriya has received some BONUS POINTS and that he can get a REWARD, and while scrolling, he accidentally pressed a button which says that he gets a FREE GUN, and as he wondered what this means, he heard a THUD near the door of his house.
Upon checking it, he saw a box just near the door, and opening it, he stared in shock to see that a real gun is inside, along with several bullets, and the contents are newly packed, as if they are brand new. Midoriya sighed as he decided to do some investigation and find out more about the Darwin's Game app and figure out a way to quit this game before he gets embroiled in another sudden shenanigans that would put his life on the line.
Suddenly, a knock on the door is heard, where voices spoke and they identified themselves as policemen and said that they are looking for Izuku Midoriya, and the teen boy stared wide-eyed as he couldn't let them see him wielding an unlicensed gun and frantically hid the box and the gun as the two policemen are calling Midoriya, and the boy said he will be there in a minute.
"Hello?"
"Anyone there?"
"Yes!"
"Is Izuku Midoriya there?"
"May we see him?"
"I'll be there in a few moments!"
"Okay!"
"We'll be waiting."
"Can you hurry?"
"Coming!"
Soon Midoriya opened the door and the two policemen said that they came here after checking the school ID found on his bag, which the boy realized that he left it after helping Yu escape from Stain and he thanked the policemen for bringing it here.
There one of the policemen asked him if he happened to witness a killing, saying that a body of a mall cop is found dead with a slash wound on the neck, and Midoriya realized it and feigned innocence saying that he did not notice anything, trying to stay calm as possible as the two policemen are asking him questions about the incident that happened hours ago.
"So you didn't notice anything?"
"As in nothing?"
"Sorry. Didn't notice anything."
"Really?"
"Is that so?"
"Yes sir."
"…"
"…"
When Midoriya asked if this is an interrogation, the two policemen apologize and gave the bag to the younger boy before telling him to be careful, which the boy said that he will be very careful and not stray too much from home after school.
"Just be careful."
"Go straight home after school."
"Yes I will."
"Just make sure you stay out of trouble."
"And avoid getting caught."
"Yes sir."
"Okay then."
"We're off."
"Thanks."
After that the two policemen left, just as Midoriya went inside his house and locked the door, sighing in relief that the policemen did not suspected anything and the last thing he ever wanted is being implicated in a murder he is not involved in.
The two policemen were seen talking as they felt that Midoriya might know something given that his bag is found near the scene of the incident and yet they do not have solid proof that he is involved in the killing that happened hours ago.
"So…"
"Huh?"
"You think the kid…"
"I doubt it."
"But his bag…"
"We don't have solid proof. Till then the kid is innocent."
"Guess you're right."
"Yeah."
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as Midoriya finally managed to survive and win his first match even though it wasn't intentional on his part…but with a cost as he lost his schoolmate in the process…
Moreover, he narrowly evaded in being suspected of the mall guard's death, and discovered the PERKS of the Darwin's Game app, which he received a FREE gun with ammo…
Preview:
Midoriya tries to figure out about this mysterious app when someone contacted him with an offer on how the Darwin's Game works…though it will not be an easy one…
See you on 4th week of January 2022…
Reviews are welcomed, but needed…