Hello everybody, Searchsnake00103 here to bring you another chapter of Izu-10. This time based off of the Ben 10 episode 'Hunted'.
Something Important: The Author Notes at the end talk about some important things so be sure to read them.
Also, I want to apologise about the spelling errors, my phone that I write on is a piece of junk. When I transfer the chapters onto the website, some words won't appear, I don't know if it's the phone or website. I also read some of the previous chapters and saw some flaws with them. I would like to fix them, but that would take up too much time and I would prefer to keep the story going. But I have a solution at the end of the story. So check the author's notes at the end.
Now, before we get started, I just wanna say thank you to everyone who liked my last chapter. I thought it was going to be a bad chapter, but to hear so many people liked it really makes me feel more confident. During winter and spring I don't really feel my best, so my creativity and want to write suffers greatly, but that won't stop me from writing.
Now even though this chapter is based off the Ben 10 episode, it won't excatly be the same. For example this won't take place in an abandoned town nor will Izuku be as reckless as Ben because as we all know, Izuku has been known to use his mind over his strength, so of course he's gonna be more smart than Ben. So don't except things to be the same.
I really hope this chapter will be worth the wait, but if some of you don't like it, I'll completely understand.
Another thing I wanna address is that whole thing is really long, so long that I had to split this into two parts. I tried for four but that was a little tricky so I hope two is good enough.
Also, in the last chapter there were three characters who were references to Brandon Roger characters. Those three were The Grandpa, Donna, and The Mom. If you've spotted them, then you deserve a cyber cookie.
Lastly, the three bounty hunters will have some abilities/weapons they didn't have in the show.
With that, let's get started, and remember…
I Don't Own Ben 10 or My Hero Academia.
Chapter 6: The Hunted. Part 1 of 2
In the early morning of the city of Musutafu, students of Aldera Junior High School were already piling into the school to begin yet another day of mundane lectures from their teachers. Throughout the halls several students were either at their lockers, heading to class, or were hanging out with their friends, talking about things such as current trends or what their plans for the upcoming weekend was. While most students stuck inside the hallways, either heading to class or hanging around, a small handful of students were already in their respective classrooms, waiting for the day to begin, with one of those students being none other than Izuku Midoryia, who was currently dealing with a difficult situation, due to the fact that his head was facing down on his desk, with his hands on his head and had a worried/tired look on his face.
Now, you might be wondering what is it that has him so worried. Well you see, he was trying to figure out the events of last night during his time as Ghostfreak right after his blackout, but no matter how hard he tried to remember anything from that night, all he could remember was chasing two of Katsuki's lackeys into an alleyway before everything went black, and then after that he had just….woke up somehow, with no recollection of anything prior to waking up. When he and All Might met up, the two of them had discussed what could've possibly happened. At first, his mentor had asked about his two classmates quirks, wondering if one of them could've possibly had an ability to knock out others. However, Izuku quickly shot down that theory as he told the hero that one of them could stretch his fingers, while the other boy had a quirk that let him turn his teeth into long sharp fangs. Not only that, but the greenette also pointed out that before going into the alley after them, he had turned himself invisible. So even if one of the boys had a quirk that let them knock people out and make them forget their memories, they wouldn't have been able to see him anyway, plus that wouldn't explain why he found himself in a different location. Seeing how that little theory didn't work out, All Might then asked him about the villains he chased down and what their quirks were, thinking that one of them might've been responsible for Izuku's unconscious. Izuku told him that the three of the four villains he fought had very basic quirks. There was Super Strength, Hair manipulation, and Acidic Vomit, so the greenette doubted that one of them did it, plus he fell unconscious after he dealt with them too, so they were clearly off the table. When All Might asked about the fourth villain though, Izuku couldn't exactly tell his mentor what the driver's quirk was as he never seemed use it. All Might theorized that the driver might've had some type of strange quirk that could knock people out but had a delayed reaction or something, but Izuku wasn't sure about that. The more he thinks back about the cowardly villain, the more he thinks that the villain just had some type of weak quirk, like the kids at his middle school. There was a third theory that All Might suggested, and it sounded more plausible than the other two. All Might believed that the watch his successor wore drew power out of him like a battery which caused it to make the boy pass out. It sounded believable, but Izuku felt as if that wasn't the case either. If it was true, then why didn't he pass out before what happened yesterday? He's been using the watch like crazy ever since the incident with Dr. Animo, so why hadn't this happened before? Either way, All Might has decided to have his student withhold from using the watch for a while, unless it's necessary. Izuku was disappointed, but he knew his mentor meant well by it. But still, he doubted that was the case. No, something else was up, and whatever it was, Izuku couldn't help but get a bad feeling from it.
"Hey guys, did you see the news?" A random student asked from the back towards two friends of his.
"What news?" A girl with glasses asked.
"The news about Kamui Woods, Death Arms, and Mt. Lady of course! What news do you think I'm talking about?" The boy replied loud enough for Izuku's ears to catch.
Izuku's interest was peaked. Anything regarding heroes always caught his attention. Izuku decided to pay close attention to the three kids conversation.
"Oh shit! I saw that man!" The third student replied. Izuku knows that voice, and if he remembered correctly, the owner of said voice had a quirk that allows his upper muscles to expand.
"Wait hang on, I'm still lost. What are you two talking about?" The girl asked her two friends.
"You mean you didn't see?!" The first boy asked with wide eyes, while the muscle boy held the same expression
"No, I didn't. What exactly happened on the news? What exactly happened with these three heroes?" The girl asked her friends, confused on what they were referring to.
Both boys gave each other a quick glance before the first boy turned towards the girl and told her what he saw. "Well, last night at some shopping district a few miles from here, those three heroes apparently got into some kind of argument and started attacking each other."
Huh? Attack each other? Did Izuku hear that right? Why in the world would three popular heroes attack each other?
"What? No way." The girl said in disbelief.
"Yes way! It was recorded by tons of people! Here-." The muscle boy proceeded to dig his phone out of his pocket and look up the fight. "-take a look for yourself!" Once he got the video started he showed to the girl who, after watching for a view seconds, put her hand over her mouth as she let out a shocked gasp, and it wasn't her that was shocked either, because even though he couldn't see it, Izuku could clearly hear what was being said.
"Jesus Christ!" The girl said as she couldn't believe what she saw.
"I know right!" The first boy exclaimed.
"S-so what happened next?" The girl said as she looked at the two boys for an answer.
"Well, right before they could actually duke it out, apparently an off duty officer who was in the area stepped in and tried to calm them down. It took him awhile, but in the end he was able to get them from not killing each other at least. " The first boy explained.
"That's a relief. I can't imagine the type of damage those three would cause if they were ever to get into a fight." The girl said.
"Actually, you can. Shortly after that video went up their popularity sunk like a stone. They might not have caused any property damage, but if they did, the damage to their reputations would've been way worse." The muscle boy said to his friend.
"Opfh, that's gotta suck. Something like that really must've dragged their reputation down into the dirt." The girl said.
"Yeah that's true, but in Kamui Woods case his reputation was slammed Into the ground, not dragged. Before the incident, everyone saw him as a gentleman and positive role model, like Best Jeanist. But now that everyone saw him swear like a sailor and called Mt. Lady a bitch, the public's opinion of him dropped badly." The first boy said.
"Really? Geeze, poor Kamui. I can't imagine how long it'll take him to get back on the public's good side." The girl said.
"Neither can I." the muscle boy parroted. "But what can ya do?" He said while shrugging his shoulders. "Anyway, besides that though, did any of you two see anything interesting last night?" He asked his two friends. The other boy shook his head, but the girl seemed to talk about something that wasn't related to heroes, but still found interesting.
As the girl talked to her friends, Izuku's interest wandered back into the depths of his mind as he went over what they said. Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, and Death Arms got into an argument? Why? With all the amount of attention they've been receiving lately, they would've done anything to keep up their public appearances. So why would they do something like that? Grrh, it wasn't even past 9:00 and yet his mind was already throbbing. Not only does he have to figure out what happened to him last night, but now he's got something else to dwell on. Running his hands through his hair, Izuku turned his head towards the window and gazed out while the rest of his classmates filled in one by one.
As he was too busy with the thoughts in his mind, he didn't notice the menacing gaze of Bakugou as he walked past him, nor did he notice the slightly terrified looks on his two lackeys as they sat down. Instead, Izuku just continued to gaze out the window while trying to figure out the mysteries that plagued his mind. Before the first bell could ring, Izuku could feel a slight throbbing in his head due to overthinking.
'Damnit.' Izuku thought as he rubbed his eyes. 'It's way too early for this. I really need a distraction from this. Hopefully something comes along to keep my mind busy for a while.'
Meanwhile
In the (not so) deep void of space, somewhere near Earth, a large battle cruiser flew through the depths of space. Inside the ships bridge, several androids slaved away at their screens, either making sure the ships systems were working at their full capacity or going over data their drones had collected on other alien worlds, filling the room with random beeps and mechanical sounds.
In the middle of the bridge, the leader of the ship, Lord Vilgax, had been floating inside his regeneration pod as small crab droids were busy repairing his damaged body. It had been weeks since he received his fatal wounds when trying to claim the Omnitrix, and so far, the upper portion of his waist and the small stump on his right arm were the only visible signs of his slow recovery. The crab robots main priority for right now was removing the damaged organs that Vilgax received when he was caught in his first ships explosion. So far 82 percent of his burnt vitals had been removed, all that's left are the extremely sensitive ones, and thanks to his biology, that could take some time. In the meantime all he could do was wait for these miserable crabs to finally focus on repairing his outer body.
"Lord Vilgax, I've just received the most splendid news from one of the drones from the lower levels." One of the androids in the room said in a humble tone as he turned to face his master and give him a bow.
Without turning to his minion, the humanoid narrowed his eyes as he spoke only one word in a menacing tone. "Speak."
"It's the bounty hunters you've hired my lord. They've just arrived and are waiting to begin the auditions." The android spoke.
"I see," Vilgax said as his eyes returned to their calm and calculating demeanor. "Then by all means, let's not keep them waiting then." Vilgax turned his head at one of the drones on the terminals. "You! Bring up the visual and audio sensors for the testing chamber onto the monitor."
"Yes my lord." The drop typed in a few commands into the terminal, causing a large orange screen to drop down in front of the warlord. The minute it stopped descending, the screen flashed to life, revealing a dark, pitch black room.
Vilgax had heard many great things from these bounty hunters. He has heard stories of them taking on impossible odds, from breaking into the most secure facilities in the galaxy to slaying the most formidable of warriors. Yes, these stories have made these three quite famous amongst the stars, and it is because of these stories that he had very high expectations, so hopefully they live up to them.
Inside the testing chamber
As Vilgax watched through the monitor on the bridge, the lights of the room flashed on, bathing the warehouse sized room in a bright faint orange light while the sounds of machinery came to life. Shortly after, a panel in the center of the ceiling opened up, allowing a medium sized platform to slowly descend through the opening. As the platform descended, the silhouettes of three figures could be seen standing atop, however it was hard to see them clearly due to the poor lighting. When the platform came to a complete stop, another platform above the three figures descended from the ceiling, however unlike the first one that was simply a flat platform, the one above the figures had several lights on the bottom. When the secondary platform came to a stop, the lights on the bottom flashed on, giving us and Vilgax a good view at the three figures.
The first figure had a similar build and height of Kamui Woods, if not a little taller. He wore a set of light armor that gave him more mobility rather than defense, as he preferred speed over strength and defense. The armor was black around the shoulders, collar, waist and on the sides of his legs, as well as on the forearms while the neck, stomach, arms, and the front and back sides of his legs were a dark purple and the chest plate was a light grey. His shoulders, waist, chest, arms, and legs had these light purple plates across his body and seemed to be openable. On his back was a dark grey device that resembled a backpack of sorts. It had several slots on it while the bottom of it held thrusters. On the figures waist were four weapons, two of them looked to be some type of alien ray pistols while the other two weapons seemed to be blade handles without the blades. The most eye catching thing on the figure was the helmet it wore over his head. It was completely black, and like Diamondhead, it had a protrusion on the back of its head, however instead of the end of it being pointed, it was shaped like a ring. The mask was featureless, except for the four small purple lines that almost connected Into an X formation. This figure was one of the three assassin's of Sotoragg, the left arm of death, SixSix.
The second figure next to SixSix had a build and height similar to the Number 2 Hero. Standing with his arms crossed, this figure wore armor that offered very little protection from physical attacks, but was extremely durable to energy based projectiles. The suits arms, gauntlets, belt, and boots were completely black while the rest was dark grey. There was a black stripe that went vertically down the center of his chest and backside that both met up at the waist and around the neck. On the left side of his belt was a small, oval-ish disc that had a small grey line traveling down the center while he had a large, black, multi tool gun strapped to his back. Like SixSix he wore a helmet over his head and like the assassins, it was completely black, except for the small grey horizontal lines on the top. On the helmets face was a small, upside-down lime green triangle. On his right shoulder was a black plate with a green triangle on it. To most of the galaxy and Vilgax, this figure goes by the bounty Hunter, Hoverboard. But to those who truly know him, he goes by a different name.
And lastly there is the third figure who stands behind Hoverboard and SixSix, and who is also the largest. The third figure was so big that he was taller then All Might by two heads. The figures body had humanoid features on the upper half, but it's legs were a completely different story. Unlike having regular legs like Hoverboard and SixSix, this man had four, spindly crab-like legs that were connected to spherical joint that acted as the waist. Each leg resembled the blade of a sharpened scythe as they shimmered from the light. Unlike SixSix and Hoverboard, whose armors we're mainly light weight and focused on speed and movement, the third figures armor was bulky, heavy, and could withstand the force of ten explosions at point blank range. The armors chest and shoulder plates were round and dense and around the figures neck was a metallic collar piece. The figure had a helmet with two round yellow glass eyes, and a mouth plate with a vertical zigzag line. The most eye-catching thing about the armor however was the giant, crab claw-like cannon on his left arm, which had different buttons, dials, slots, and a screen with a keypad on it. Inside the robotic claw there were different nozzles that fired out lasers, chemicals, flames, and other weaponry inside. The figures legs were gold with brown stripes on the joints while the chest, waist, shoulders, right forearm, collar piece, claw, and upper half of the helmet were brown while the arms, stomach, claw pinchers, right hand, and lower half of the mask were gold. There were also orange stripes on the chest, shoulders, claw, and helmet as well. This figure was called The Hunter: Kraab.
As the bounty hunters stood atop the platform, the voice of Vilgax boomed to life over the intercom system, giving the trio of bounty hunters only three simple words.
"Begin the auditions."
Shortly after he said this, several panels on the floor below the bounty hunters opened up, allowing several platforms carrying various drones to rise. As they did this the bounty hunters could see the types of machines they would be facing. There were the simple disc droids and larger ones that Vilgax had sent to earth to retrieve the Omnitrix, as well as giant variants of the disc droids as well as the droids seen on the bridge, expect these ones had more armored plating and carried weapons ranging from blasters to electrified batons.
Without hesitation, SixSix activated the device on his back, causing him to rocket into the air and fly downwards towards the drones while pulling out his energy pistols and began firing on the drones, destroying five of the disc drones, three of the humanoid ones, and destroying the eye of one of the bigger ones.
Hoverboard was about to jump down to join SixSix, but instead he felt the robot hand of Kraab grip his left shoulder and shoved him to the ground.
"Out of my way half pint!" Kraab said as he jumped off the platform to join in on the chaos below. As he was falling several drones unleashed their lasers on the gigantic crustacean, but proved to be useless as the lasers either bounced off or sparked off Kraabs armor. The bounty Hunter landed on the ground creating a tremendous tremor, causing the ground based drones to fall towards the ground, one of which was close to the bounty hunter. Seeing the downed robot, Kraabs walked up to the machine and before it could get up and run, Kraabs lifted one of his legs and brought it over down on the drone, skewering it. Using his right hand, Kraabs grabbed the back of the robots head and pulled on it, ripping the torso off the legs, causing intestine-like wiring to spill out of the drones body. Feeling something hit his right shoulder, Kraabs turned his head to the right, seeing several disc drones and one giant disc drones flying towards him. Seeing this, Kraabs began to spin his body at a quick, rapid pace before chucking the dead robot from his hand, causing the smaller drones to fly out of the way, but hitting the big one, destroying it.
Back on top of the platform, Hoverboard got up to his feet and walked over to the edge. Down below he could see SixSix using his blasters to completely obliterate the smaller machines while directly below him he could see Kraabs using some kind of flame thrower from his claw, frying the several drones into molten scrap metal. As he watched, he could hear the sounds of faint, mechanical buzzing coming from behind. Turning around he could see three disc drones zooming towards him at an alarming speed. Grabbing the handle of the gun on his back, Hoverboard swiped the gun in a horizontal arc, swatting the closest drone away like a fly before using his other hand to grab the bottom of the gun and point it at the other two drones. Firing off a shot, Hoverboard was able to destroy the second drone, but the third one was still coming at a quick pace, so thinking quickly, Hoverboard decided to jump backwards off the the platform, causing the third drone to fly by where he was previously at, and while he was falling, he pointed his cannon at the drone and fired, destroying it. After that he turned his body towards the ground and the moment he landed, instead of crashing on the ground he did a quick roll before ending up in a kneeling position and firing off his gun, destroying the head of one of the big, three legged robots.
Back with SixSix, he continued to fly around blasting the smaller drones to pieces while putting dents in the bigger drone. One of the big three legged drones charged towards him with one of its clawed hands trying slash at the assassin before it. Unfortunately, SixSix was far too quick for the machine as he used his jetpack to quickly dodge the slash. Deciding to give the drone a taste of its own medicine, SixSix tossed the pistols into the air and grabbed the handles strapped to his waist and pressed a small button on them, causing hot, glowing purple blades to erupt from the handles. Using the blade in his left arm, SixSix slashed down on the drones still outstretched arm, causing it to fall off and hit the ground with a loud clank. The drone let out a metallic screech as it attempted to use its other arm to slash at the bounty hunter. Sadly though, SixSix saw this coming a mile away, therefore he ducked under the drones arm and brought the blade in his right arm into an upwards slash, slicing off the left side of the drones head, killing it. SixSix turned his head towards the other nearby drones, planning on giving them the same treatment as the big drone, but before he went charging towards the machines, two metallic claws bursts out of two of the slots in his jetpack and caught the guns he tossed into the air, placing them back on to his waist and then retreating back into his jetpack. With that taken care of, he proceeded on with the fight.
Meanwhile with Kraabs, things were going smoothly for him. I guess when you have armor that can tank most explosive forces, as well as a giant cannon that can not only shoot out various beams and substances, but can also crush objects with enough pressure to reduce it to a flat disc, then a person might have those sort of thoughts. The small fry were nothing, he'd just use his claw to sway them away like the bugs they were. And the bigger ones were hardly a challenge. He'd just fire an EMP to fry their circuits or use his flight thrower to melt them down. This audition was as good as of the bigger three legged drones tried to sneak up on the robotic crustacean and slash at him from behind. But the bounty Hunter was able to turn his upper body at a 180 degree angle and grabbed the drones arm.
"Useless!" Kraab yelled as he tore the arm off the drone, causing it to screech and back away. Kraabs dropped the arm and pointed his claw towards the machine, firing out a beam of cackling electricity, scorching the drones mainframe.
As for Hoverboard, the audition was doing fine for him. He was facing off a group of the smaller disc drones and humanoids while they were being accompanied by one large three legged drones and two big disc drones. As he blasted the smaller drones while dodging laser fire, he would also use his gun as a club anytime one of the smaller drones would get too close. Once he was done with the smaller forces he focused his attention on the three big ones. As he fired off his blaster, he was able to destroy one of the big disc drones while putting dents in the other two. Seeing how his buster wasn't doing the trick, Hoverboard pressed a small button that was underneath the trigger of the gun, causing a small black ball with blue rings to shoot out and land directly near the two drones. The rings glowed brightly before an electronic pulse was blasted from the sphere, causing the three legged drones to shake uncontrollably and crash to the ground while the remaining disc drones just dropped like a sack of potatoes.
Back in the bridge, Vilgax watched as the bounty hunters destroyed his testing robots. He had to admit, these three had excellent combat prowess, but that was only when it came to machines. True, his robots did have some form of self awareness, but they didn't have the true essence of a warrior. So while the bounty hunters were formidable against his machines, he wondered how they'd deal with an actual living, breathing opponent.
"Incredible, truly incredible." One of the terminal droids said as it and Vilgax watched the screen. Turning to his master, he said. "You've truly hired the best of the best my lord. With these three, no being will be able to keep the Omnitrix from your grasp."
Would they though? Vilgax won't deny that these three were formidable, but a part of him in the back of his mind, the prideful, overzealous part of him, doubted that these three could live up to his expectations. That's how it's always been. He just couldn't deal with the incompetence of others, that's why his entire crew were nothing but loyal machines who saw him as a god.
However he had no other options. He knew if he sent more drones, they'd simply end up as scrap, and his body was too damaged for him to go retrieve the Omnitrix himself. He had no other option at the moment but to trust the task with three strangers and hope that they can get the job done.
"Stop the test. I've made up my decision." Vilgax told his drones.
Back inside the testing chamber, as the three bounty hunters were dealing with their opponents, a metallic, buzzing noise went off in the chamber, causing all the drones in the room to shut down and make the three bounty hunters pause in confusion.
[Congratulations. You three have passed the test. You've lived up to Lord Vilgax's demands and therefore are trusted with the sacred task he has issued you with.] A robotic voice said from the intercom system. A strange, hissing noise came from the center of the room, and when the three bounty hunters turned towards the source they saw three podiums rising from the ground, each with a strange black device resting one them.
[These are special tracking devices to help you find what you are looking for, the Omnitrix. A special watch-like device that contains the DNA of countless species throughout the galaxy. It is in the hands of one of the planets inhabitants, and the inhabitant may be extremely dangerous. Caution is advised. The first to bring this device will receive an award of 5,000,000 credits.]
(A/N: I have no idea if Ben 10 has a space currency system or something like that, so I'm making one up.)
"5,000,000 credits for something like that? Ha! This is way too easy!" Kraabs said as he and the other bounty hunters walked up to the podiums to get their tracking devices. When they grabbed them, Kraabs inserted the device into one of his claws slots while SixSix did the same with his jetpack. Hoverboard simply placed his on his belt. With their tracking devices equipped, the podiums retreated back into the ground while a door in the room opened up.
[Good luck out there, and remember. Failure is not an option.]
And with that, the three made their way out of the room and towards the hangar of the ship. After a few minutes of passing through the ships long and winding corridors, they reached the hangar that held three sickly red pods with bright orange orbs, just like the ship and disc drones.
These pods acted as their transportation to and from Earth. The bounty hunters had to use these instead of using their actual ships due to the fact that Vilgax didn't completely trust them. That's why the alien warlord decided to confiscate their ships and force them to use these instead. Because that way Vilgax didn't have to worry about them stealing the Omnitrix and flying away into deep space. Their only means of transport was in Vilgax's hands, and if they ever wanted to return home they'd have no choice but to play by his rules.
Once the three bounty hunters had entered their respective pods, the shutters closed tightly, making sure it was air tight so their occupants didn't get torn apart by the forces of space. Once the pods were safely secure, the wall in front of them opened up, causing them to get launched into the void of space. Once the three of them were out in the cold void, the thrusters on them activated, sending them towards the home world of their target.
The hunt had begun, and only one would be the victor. Question is though, who?
Earth. Midoryia residence.
Inko Midoryia was sitting on the living room couch as she watched the news. After spending her morning washing the dishes from her and Izuku's breakfast and cleaning up the house a bit, she decided to plop down on the couch and see what the news had to offer her this evening. Usually when she watches the news she usually expects to see stories about heroes or current world events, but when she turned the news on, nothing could've prepared her for the story she was witnessing right now.
"They have been called many things. Heroes, vigilantes, and sometimes even villains by people such as Endeavor. These ten individuals have been called many things, both good and bad, but which of these titles are true? Today here at the studio we've interviewed several civilians to get their thoughts on these vigilantes. Let's watch." The news reporter said before the screen cut to footage of a man standing outside while a microphone was held close to his face.
"Excuse me sir, but what are your thoughts on the Musutafu vigilantes?" The man holding the microphone asked.
"Huh? Oh those guys. They're pretty alright in my book. Way better than most heros if ya ask me."
The camera then changed to a teenage boy with a rock-like head and flipper like ears. Instead of speaking however, he used sign language that thankfully had subtitles to translate them.
'One of them saved my mother's life. I don't care what anyone says about them. They will forever have my thanks and respect for what they've done.'
The camera changed again, this time to two people. One was a boy with blue hair, a khaki sweater, with cat ears and a tail while the other boy wore an orange hoodie with a fin on the back and had gills around his neck.
"They're so awesome!" Both boys yelled in unison. The boy with cat ears spoke first. "I remember seeing a video where that fire guy put out a burning building by absorbing the flames! It was the most wicked thing I've ever seen!"
"Oh! Oh! Tell them about that other one! You know where the dude in armor did that thing!" The orange hooded boy told his friend.
"Huh? Oh right that! Yeah, there was this other video, where the one guy wearing that armor stopped a bank robbery by melting the villains guns. Then afterwards he just beat them into unconsciousness. It was so awesome!"
The camera changed on more time, this time it cut to the girl Heatblast saved at the electronics store. She had short silver hair and skin the same color. Her shoulders had speakers sticking out of the sides.
"What do I think of them? Well to me they're….well they're just amazing to be honest. I mean they just show up when something's going on, whether it's big or small, and leave once it's all over. Usually most heros would show up to deal with something like villain attacks or bank robberies or anything that draws attention and wouldn't even bother with things like muggings or any of the smaller crimes, and once the whole thing was over with they'd just start talking to the press about themselves or try to promote their agencies. But not these guys. These guys are willing to stop any crime and aren't interested in media attention, but instead are more interested in helping the next person, just like All Might. If you ask me, I think those guys are real heroes, no matter what the law says."
The feed cuts back to the newsroom, showing the reporter with a small smile on her face.
"Wow. In just the short amount of time they've appeared they've already gained the support of so many people. And no I'm not referring to just those people. The footage we've shown you was just a small fraction of the people we've interviewed, but the most others say the same of these ten individuals. They called them heroic, brave, true heros, and many more. But what of the actual heros? What are their opinions on these heros? And why do they, as well as the authorities, let these vigilantes perform heroic acts without a hero license? When we interviewed the pro heros Hawks, Best Jeanist, and Kamui Woods today they simply stated that it was classified information, and that their opinions on them were simply, "No comment." Which begs the question, 'Do heroes hate the vigilantes?' Well maybe not. Earlier this morning on her social media page, the pro hero know as Mandalay of the four hero team, the Wild Wild Pussycats had this to say."
The screen goes to a screenshot of the text Mandalay posted on her account. The newswoman reading along with the text.
"While I understand how some people are disapproving that these ten individuals are not registered heros, you have to admit that their deeds are the true definition of a hero. These people are willing to help those without a reward, and one of them saved not only me, but my team's life as well. I don't care what you say or do, nothing will change my mind that these people are true heroes and they will have my undying support. I wish there was some way I could thank them in person for their deeds."
The screen cuts back to the news woman.
"I too share your statements Mandalay. I think I speak for most people when I say that these vigilantes have our support." She said with a cheery smile. "We'll be right back after a short commercial break."
As the TV cut to the commercials, Inko stared blankly at the screen as she had comical tears dripping from her face.
"MY BABY'S A HERO!" Inko said as tears of joy and pride fell to the floor like a fountain.
As Inko let the tears fall, she thought back to the night when her son had defeated that Animo villain. At first when she had seen the news, she was completely floored. She knew he was playing on using the watch to help him get into U.A, but she wasn't expecting him to use it to rush into danger just like that. So when he came home, she was understandably livid at her son's reckless actions. After her son apologized profusely however, Yagi told Inko something that made her world spin. Apparently Mr. Yagi had worked for the government and using the connections he had, he was able to make sure her baby wasn't arrested for vigilantism. She wanted to thank him for that, as she couldn't stand the thought of seeing her son in prison, until Yagi continued with what he was saying. He told her that he didn't just get Izuku off the hook with the authorities, but he also made it legal for Izuku to continue vigilantism. When she asked why, he said he wanted to train Izuku by having him fight crime.
And to say Inko was shocked, pissed, and horrified was a huge understatement.
The next hour or so was nothing but shouting on her end, reasoning from Yagis, and begging from Izukus. She knew how dangerous the life of a hero was, and to hear Yagi suggest her son doing something so dangerous without proper training made her ready the wring the man's neck out if he weren't so skinny. She couldn't handle the thought of her son getting hurt out there, so she was more than ready to deny the whole suggestion and forbid Izuku from using the watch until after he entered U.A.
But unfortunately, she had a weakness for her son's sad puppy dog eyes. The boy had literally begged on his knees to let this happen, telling his mother that he'd do anything, from doing extra chores to washing the RV down in the parking lot until it shined like the sun to evening getting a part time job. Anything really. After a few minutes of this, Inkos resolve slowly crumpled until she reluctantly gave in, agreeing that as long as Izuku would do well in school, stayed safe, and did extra chores until he got into U.A, then she would allow it.
And ever since then her opinion on the subject had changed, if only slightly. She still worried about his well being of course, after all what mother wouldn't worry about their child. But as the weeks went by, and after days of seeing videos of her son stop various incidents, she slowly started to support her son's training. The more she saw her son save the day, she couldn't help but feel proud for her baby's accomplishments, and when people started to praise her baby, her pride for him grew even more.
But with this pride also came a hint of regret. Regret for that day when she failed to support Izukus dream after he was diagnosed as quirkless. To this day she can still see the look of heartbreak and betrayal on her son's face as clear as day, and it made her heart throb in pain. Oh, she would give anything for a time machine, or any time travel ability really, to go back to that day and tell her son 'Yes, yes you can be a hero.' but sadly even to this day and age, humanity hasn't even scratched the surface of time travel, so for now she'll have to just make it up by giving her son all the support she could.
"Oh Hisashi," Inko had stopped crying after a few minutes and was starting to wipe away the leftover tears. "If only you could see him now."
Inko turned her gaze to a family photo on the wall. In it was a much younger and slimmer version of herself while she was holding a six month old Izuku in her arms. In the left side of the photo was a well built man in his mid twenties, wearing a short sleeved orange button up shirt with his right arm wrapped around Inko. The spot where his head was at was obscured by sunlight, making it difficult to see his face.
"He's so much like you. He's even got that fire in your eyes too. You'd be so proud of him." Inko looked away from the photo and turned her gaze downward with sadness in her eyes.
She hated to think of her late husband, but not from hatred, she could never hate him. Hisashi was a lot like their son. They were both kind, compassionate people who looked out for those around them. When they were both in highschool, he was the first person to become her friend, the second being Mitsuki. He would help her exams and carry her books for her while at lunch they would eat together and he would tell those corny jokes that always seemed to make her laugh. And as they grew older, their affection for each other grew until one day he asked her out on her first date, which ended with a magical kiss. Ever since then their relationship grew and grew to the point where he proposed to her, causing her to cry tears of joy and clutch him tightly yelling 'yes' over and over. Since then all there has been was nothing but memories that Inko cherished dearly, from the day where she gave birth to their precious baby, to their sons first words, to Hisashi teaching him how to walk.
But despite the fond memories, Inko hated to think about them. Because every time she thought of them, she was painfully reminded of that one memory. That one dark memory that is still fresh in her mind to this day, and one that she fears might be recreated due to her son's nature.
And she doesn't know if she could handle that. She knows her boy could handle simple villains and such, but she questions if he could face someone powerful, someone like-.
"No!" Inko shook her head. "He's nothing to think about! He's no longer around so he can't hurt my baby!"
Can he?
Coast of Japan, near Musutafu
On a small rock island just a few kilometers off of the coast of Musutafu. The three bounty hunters were looking out at the distant city, with Hoverboard using some high-tech binoculars while SixSix and Kraabs we're simply using their helmets to see the city.
"So, our preys in there huh?" Kraabs asked as he looked at the city. While he couldn't see a whole lot due to the tall buildings, he could clearly see how technologically advance these species were, and to say he was unimpressed was a huge understatement.
"That's right. That means that since he's in a populated area with huge amounts of people we can't just tear through the city, otherwise it'll draw a lot of attention on us." Hoverboard said as he put his binoculars on his belt.
"Why not? We can clearly see that the inhabitants of this rock aren't technologically advance. For Christ sake they still use some type of stone for a building material. Why not just go in, flatten the whole city, take the Omnitrix and be done with this?"
SixSix spoke up, but instead of saying regular words like Hoverboard and Kraabs, he spoke in clicks and hisses. Thankfully for the two hunters though, their helmets we're able to translate what he said. (Just because these creatures don't have the most advance technology doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. Take the arachnichimps for example. They're a tribal race with little technology, yet they can still be dangerous if not handled with caution. We have no idea what this species is like, or how powerful they are. That's why we must stick to the shadows until we know for certain what they are capable of.)
"Exactly." Hoverboard said as he tossed the small black disc to the ground. Instead of hitting the rocky ground though, the disc just stopped before it hit the ground and split in half, turning into its owners name sake, a hoverboard. "That's why we should just go after the Omnitrix and avoid everyone else." Hoverboard said as he hopped on his device.
"Tch, yeah right. Like hell I'm gonna just cower away from these primitive fools. I'll get the Omnitrix and squash anyone and anything that gets in my way! Watch and learn." Kraabs declared before he used his legs to slightly jump into the air and then used them to spin like a drill, causing him to burrow into the earth. Once he was no longer visible or audible, SixSix and Hoverboard could only think of how poorly Kraabs judgement was.
With a heavy sigh, Hoverboard said. "That idiot is gonna get himself killed. If he wants to be an idiot, fine! That just makes this more easy for me."
As Hoverboard just stood on his, well, hoverboard, shaking his head at how stupid the metallic crustacean was and wondering how he was somehow one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy with that attitude, SixSix simply activated his jetpack and flew off towards the city ahead, leaving the large alien on the small rock by himself.
Once the purple alien was gone, Hoverboard sighed deeply. "This better be worth it in the end." Taking off some type of triangular device from his belt, Hoverboard threw the device onto the pod he arrived on. Hitting the round ship with a metallic thunk, the device clung onto the ship as sparks of green electricity came out of it, causing the ship to change color. Going from a bright red pod with sickly orange orbs, Hoverboards pod was now a nice soft dark grey with bright green orbs. Turning away from the pods, Hoverboard moved forwards to begin his mission. Hopefully he can find his target before anyone else could.
Aldera Junior High School
The final bell rang, causing students to get up from their desks and started making their way towards the door, with their homeroom teachers telling them what their homework and assignments were for the night.
In one particular classroom, a certain green haired teen was getting the last of his stuff put away before heading to the exit of the classroom. As he left the room, he began to make his way down the hall and began to think of the plans he would make for the rest of the day. Since he had no training today, and he knew he could get his homework done really quickly, he figured he might look into that story about Kamui Woods and the other heros to see the whole story. He kept thinking about how bizarre the story was until he felt someone grab his shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going Deku?!" A gruff voice asked from behind.
Izuku gulped nervously as he recognized the voice. Turning around he was met with the angry red eyes of his "friend" Katsuki, who also had his famous trademark scowl.
"O-oh, h-h-hey K-kach-chan." Izuku spoke nervously.
"Don't "hey Kacchan" me you quirkless loser!" He yelled as he shoved Izuku to the ground, causing the boy to yelp as his butt hit the floor. "Lately I've noticed your sorry ass has been more weirder than usual and it's been bugging me alot lately, what the hell has been about?!"
"H-h-huh?! K-Kacchan, w-w-what on Earth are you talking about?" Izuku stumbled with his words as he looked at the blond will fear. He wished he could give the firey blond an answer, but he had no idea what he meant by 'acting weird'. Was he acting a different way lately and just didn't notice? Was he doing something different that only Kacchan had picked up on? Going into one of his mumbling fits, Izuku began to mumble a long series of incomprehensible sentences of what the blonde could be referring too, which in turn actually upsetted the blonde much more.
Katsuki's eyes narrowed his eyes while letting out a growl, the fucking nerd couldn't make a lick of sense. With a roar he yelled. "Shut it Deku!"
The greenette quickly clamped his mouth shut as he listened to what Bakugou was about to say.
"Listen here you fucking quirkless scum, cause I'm only going to say this once. I have no idea why you've seemed so good damn weird these past few days. For the past week you've been acting like you've been on cloud nine, and this morning you've looked like you had the worst night of your life, and honestly it's been pissing me off non stop, especially with your bleak attitude this morning."
Realization dawned about Izuku as he figured out what Kacchan was talking about. He was referring to the positive emotions he's had with his time with All Might training him and his frustration over his blackout last night.
"Tch, looks like you've finally figured out what I'm talking about. Good, because now I can tell you that I think I know why you've been acting like you have." Katsuki stated to the greenette.
Izuku's eyes widened as he swallowed down a nervous gulp. Did he know? No of course not, it was impossible. "Y-you do?!"
"Yeah, I do. You're still trying to get into U.A despite what I told you! That's probably the reason why your worthless ass has been so peppy lately! And as for how you looked this morning, my best guess is that you've probably figured out U.A's entrance exam is ten times more difficult for you to do, but knowing you, you must be cooking up some half-brained idea of getting in aren't you?!" Oh thank God he didn't know.
"O-Oh, w-well yeah I s-suppose. I m-mean it h-has always b-been my d-dream you k-know? Ehehehehehe-OOOPFH!" Izuku's nervous laughter was cut off by a swift kick to the stomach, courtesy of Bakugou himself.
"I fucking knew it! How many times do I have to get it through your thick skull you dumb bastard! Quirkless freaks like you have no place in the world of heroics!" Katsuki yelled as Izuku clutched his stomach in pain. The blond knelt down and picked up his victim by the shirt collar and slammed him into the wall, continuing with his rant. "Listen here Deku, cause I'm gonna say this nice and slow. Give. It. Up. Your kind is useless, you'd be lucky to end up with a low paying job. But heroics? That's the most stupidest thing I've ever heard. Quirkless freak shows like you can't stand up to those with power, that's how it works. You don't have power, and you never will. Get it through your thick skull already!"
The blond let go of Izuku, causing him to slide to the floor as he still held his stomach.
"I'm trying to be the only one from this shitty school to end up becoming something legendary, and I don't need you ruining my legacy, so for once in your pathetic existence of a life do what I say and don't apply to U.A, otherwise you'll be in a world of agony." And with that, Katsuki walked down away from the teen and headed down the hall, leaving his victim to slump against the wall.
Once Katsuki turned the corner, Izuku slowly raised himself to his feet while clutching his still hurting stomach, using the wall behind him as support to lean against. He stayed at this spot for a couple of minutes until the pain faded away enough to allow him to walk without too much pain. Deciding he had been there long enough, Izuku began to make his way to the exit while going over what the blond had said.
"Give. It. Up. Your kind is useless. You'd be lucky to get a low paying job. But heroics? That's the most stupidest thing I've ever heard. Quirkless freak shows like you can't stand up to those with power, that's how it works. You don't have power, and you never will. Get it through your thick skull already!" Katsukis words rang painfully in Izukus ears as he grit his teeth.
'Damnit, even when I do have the power now, I couldn't use it to show him he's wrong about me! Grrh, can this day get anymore frustrating?!' Izuku thought as he walked towards the school entrance, ready to just go home and rest for now.
Once Izuku had exited the school grounds, he decided to take a different route to get home to so he could have some time to think to himself, or more specifically his relationship with his one time "friend", Katsuki.
'Damnit Kacchan,I don't understand why you do this, weren't we friends before? We used to be the most inseparable duo out there, we would always have our backs no matter what, so what went wrong?' Midoryia asked himself as he continued to walk his path. Ahead of him he was walking towards a rather familiar area. 'Ever since he's had his quirk, his attitude has been getting nothing but worse. But even then he wasn't that bad, heck we were still somewhat inseparable, so what was it? What went wrong? What did I do to make him hate me so much?'
As Izuku walked his train of thought was cut off when he felt a shadow block out the sun above him.
"Huh? What in the-?" Izuku looked upwards to see what had cast the shadow only to see the underside of a bridge. Looking around for a moment, it took Izuku a few seconds for his eyes to widen in realization when he learned where he was at. "No way, this is where I met with All Might for the first time!"
Indeed it was. Izuku had been so caught up in his thoughts that his body had subconsciously brought him to the very bridge where he had ran into the sludge villain only to be saved by All Might. He never thought he'd be here again.
"Man what a weird sense of deja Vu. First Kacchan tells me to give up on my dream, then I wind up back here. What's next? Is a random stranger gonna pop out and try to kill me?" Izuku asked aloud before scoffing slightly, finding it very unlikely that something like that happening again would be a million in one chance. Still though, he had to admit that it was still crazy that he ended up back here though. The last time he was here he was having the worst day imaginable only to end with it being one of the best moments of his life. He thinks that if he never took this route on that day he wouldn't be where he was today. He would've never been told by All Might that he could be a hero, he wouldn't get the chance to earn his quirk, nor would he have even been able to get his hands on the watch. So in a way, he was pretty glad he stumbled across this underpass, even if he was almost strangled to death by a sludge villain, keyword being almost. As he strolled his way down the corridor he could see the pink cherry blossom trees from the opening in front of him.
"Huh, now that I think about it, I never did get to see what the rest of the path looked like. Well, no time like the present to see I guess." Izuku said as he continued walking forward, deciding to cut his trip down memory lane short.
But before he could leave the tunnel however, in the same spot he froze up when he heard the sludge villain all those months ago, the ground underneath his feet shook slightly, making him stumble a bit.
"What the? What was that just now?" Izuku asked himself as he looked at the ground, wondering what caused the earth to shake.
The earth beneath him shook once more, this time much stronger than the previous quake. It caused Izuku's legs to jerk side to side while he had difficulties staying balanced. After a few seconds of this the shaking stopped, allowing the greenette to gain his balance once more.
"Was that an earthquake? No, it couldn't be, earthquakes don't just stop like that and start up again." Izuku tried to think of the possible reasons on what caused the ground to tremor, but his thinking was cut short when a much more powerful quake came. This time it caused the greenette to lose his balance and fall to his knees as he tried to keep himself from crashing on his back. As the earth shook he swore he felt the intensity of the quake grow larger while he heard the sound of concrete breaking from somewhere nearby, but he couldn't pinpoint where it came from. It almost sounded like it was…. underground?
"What the hell is going on?!" Izuku yelled as his body bounced off the ground repeatedly, causing his body to become bruised in the process. After a minute of the ground shaking, the quake stopped abruptly, just like how it began. Izuku crashes to the ground on his chest, moaning in pain. He was definitely gonna be sore all over tomorrow.
"Ooooowwwww." He moaned as he lifted his head up while rubbing the back of his cranium. As he tried to soothe the pain, he heard the sound of the nearby sewer cover slowly rattle. Turning his head, his eyes widened as the sewer cover was indeed shaking.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Midoryia said in a quiet, surprised voice. As he watched the metal disc shake he couldn't help wanting to punch his past self for saying the 'what's next?' remark.
The speed of the shaking quickly began to intensifie, and kept on shaking until the cover completely shot out of the ground with enough momentum that it imbedded itself into the concrete ceiling of the tunnel, creating spiderweb cracks around it.
Izuku looked up at the manhole cover lodged in the ceiling with wide, fearful eyes and a gaping mouth. The sounds of mechanical whirring caused him to look back down at the opening for the sewer, just in time for him to see a figure burst out of the hole. Due to the figures size though, he also tore the concrete floor apart, creating a massive hole that leads into the sewer below and clouds of dust that made it hard for Izuku to see properly. To make sure he didn't fall back into the sewer, the figure used four spider-like legs to prop himself up on the wall.
Although Izuku couldn't make out much of the figure due to the dust, the cowering teen could clearly see that besides the spider legs, the figure before him was so big that he had to hunch over to fit inside the tunnel, as well as having two, glowing yellow orbs where it's head was, meaning that they must've been his eyes.
"So….." the figure spoke, eyeing down Izuku who slowly began to crawl back. "This is the being who has the Omnitrix huh?"
The dust around the figure faded, allowing Izuku to get a good look at the figure in front of him. At first, Izuku thought that whoever this was, it was just a simple villain with a very unique mutation quirk that gave him intense strength. He wasn't ,however, expecting to see something that looked like it came straight out of one of those science fiction movies he saw with his mom! The figure looked like the combination of a man, crab, and robot, with his legs, mouth, and left arm resembling a crab while the rest resembled a man, and the armor, (at least he thought it was armor), made the figure look completely robotic. Izuku couldn't understand most of what he said because he spoke english, and even though he knew some english, he wasn't completely fluent in the western language. Also, the way it talked made him sound disappointed. Like if he was expecting something else only to not get it.
Although there was one word that caught his fear ridden attention. Omnitrix? What the heck was that? And why would this guy associate the word with him of all people?
"O-O-Omnitrix? W-what are you talking about? What's that got to do with me?" Izuku asked fearfully to the intimidating figure before him. However instead of receiving a reply, the figure tilted its head, and even though Izuku couldn't see its face, he could tell that the figure was confused.
"Huh? What did you say? I got the Omnitrix part but the rest of it was some kinda babble. Do you even speak english?" He asked Izuku. Even though the greenette didn't know much about the language, he did understand 'do','speak', and 'english', so he knew what the question was. Giving him a small head shake, the figure groaned at the response.
"Oh for the love of-hang on." Lifting up his giant claw, which Izuku saw looked to be a cross between a claw and cannon, the figure typed a few buttons on it. While Izuku didn't see it, the figure had actually hacked into the internet, the figure looked up the language the people of this region spoke before adding it to his database.
"There, that should do it." The figure said in perfect Japanese before looking down at the teen. "Can you understand me now, boy?"
"Y-yes." Izuku said with a small nod.
"Good, then I can get back on track." Pointing his claw at Izuku he spoke. "Hand over the Omnitrix! Now!"
"O-O-Omnitrix?! I seriously don't know what that is! What does it have to do with me?!" Izuku asked, wondering what the hell was going on.
"Seriously? Is your species that dense or is it just you?!" He said irritated, confusing Midoryia.
"H-h-huh? What're you-?" Izuku was cut off by the figure.
"For the love of-, your arm you idiot! Look on your freaking arm!" He yelled, causing Izuku to hold his arms up in a defensive manner. Something he picked up over the years when dealing with Kacchan.
"My arms?! What about my-?!" The sleeve on Izuku's left arm slid back slightly, allowing him to catch a glimpse of his watch. Using his quick thinking, he quickly put together what this thing wanted from him. "Y-you mean my watch?"
"Gee, what tipped you off genius?" He said in a sarcastic tone.
"Th-then that would mean-." Izuku's eyes widened with fear and realization of what he was faced with. "Y-You're an alien!"
"Huh? Of course I would be. Why in the world would you think I was one of your inhabitants? We look nothing alike!" He yelled, finding it incredible how stupid this kid seemed. "But to answer your question, yeah, I'm not from here. The name's Kraab, and I was hired to take that watch off you, whether you'd be alive," The figure, now known to Izuku as Kraabs, lifted his claw up as he spoke. "or dead!"
Eyes widening in panic, Izuku quickly rolled into his stomach and scrambled out of the way of Kraabs descending claw, destroying the concrete floor where the greenette was previously.
"Hey! Get back here runt!" Kraabs yelled as he tried to chase after the teen, but due to the crampedness of the tunnel, he had trouble moving. "Damnit! I haven't been here for an hour and I already hate this planet!"
Izuku stumbled out of the tunnel and landed just outside on his stomach. Bringing the watch, no, the Omnitrix out, Izuku began to scroll for the best alien possible in this situation.
"Snare-oh, Fourarms, Heatblast, come on! Where is he?!" Izuku panickedly asked himself as he heard the alien from behind getting closer. When the dial landed on Upgrades silhouette, Izuku felt some relief wash over him. "Haha, alright! Let's see how that armor of yours fairs against this!"
Popping up the dial, Izuku slammed down on it and was engulfed in the emerald light of the Omnitrix, just in time for the bounty hunter to crawl out of the tunnel. When the light died down, the bounty hunter saw that a new alien species had taken the greenettes place.
"Alright! Time to-." Izukus words died in his throat as he got a good look at his body. Instead of being met with Upgrades large, black and white hands, he was met with long, grey talon-like fingers with his wrists being encased in shackles. Looking over the rest of his body, he quickly saw that he wasn't Upgrade, but was. "Ghostfreak?!"
Ghostfreaks pupil shrunk as he glanced over his body. He didn't understand! He was certain, no, he was dead sure that he picked Upgrade! So why did he transform into Ghostfreak, it didn't make sense?!
"So, it seems that there's more to this Omnitrix device that we weren't told about." Kraabs said casually, not even phased by the fact that the teen had transformed.
"Huh?! Wait, did you just say we?!" Ghostfreak asked. There were others out after him too?!
"That's right. The guy who sent me also sent two others with me. Whoever brings that little toy of yours back to him will gain a fortune, and unluckily for you, I intend to claim that bounty. So why don't you be a good little brat, and stand still while I tear that device off ya." Kraabs said as he lifted up his giant claw and pointed it at the ghost, snapping it a few times for intimidation.
Ghostfreak took a nervous gulp. He won't lie, this guy is dangerous and no doubt probably has more experience in combat then him. He knew he was outclassed, especially in this form. But he couldn't let this guy get the watch, no wait, the Omnitrix. Man he's not gonna get used to calling it that. Anyway, he can't let this guy get it, that's for sure.
"S-sorry crabby, but the watch and I are sort of attached." Ghostfreak said as he tried to muster up his courage, but failed due to the noticeable twinge of fear in his voice.
"Tch, stupid brat. If you're gonna be like that then fine. I'll just settle from tearing the Omnitrix off your corpse when I'm done." Kraabs stated as he got into a combat stance.
"Don't go biting off more than you can chew. You have no idea what I'm capable of."
"Is that your best line brat? Cause I've heard better before."
"Oh, really? Then tell me if you've heard this one. Now you see me, now you don't." Ghostfreak finished his sentence by turning invisible on the last word and phasing into the ground. Kraabs moved backwards a bit has he moved his head around to try and find the little runt, only for Ghostfreak to phase out of the ground from behind and slowly float his way towards Kraabs. You see, his plan was to use his invisibility for a hit and run tactic by striking the spots on his legs that seemed to be the weakest to try to cripple him. He knew that he wouldn't fare I a physical fight, but he at least hoped he could injure this guy enough where he can fly away without him Kraabs following. Lifting his arms up, Ghostfreak was about to strike, but stopped when Kraabs head did a 180' and looked directly at the invisible teens face, much to his surprise.
"You're as arrogant as you are dimwitted!" Kraabs said before his upper body turned where his head was facing and pointed his large claw at Ghostfreak, firing off a murky, orange substance that struck the teen, causing him to become visible once more.
"Blegh! What is this stuff?! What happened to me?! How did you see me?!" Ghostfreak asked randomly as he looked over the strange orange liquid that dripped off his body.
"Tch stupid brat, my helmet is equipped with all sorts of devices, including thermal vision. I could see your body heat clear as day!" Kraabs said as he took in the shocked look in Ghostfreaks eye, enjoying the look deeply. "As for what I did, I simply splashed you with a substance that solidified your protoplasm, making it easy for me to do this!" Kraabs exclaimed, finishing his sentence with a mean right hook to Ghostfreaks face, making the specter crash onto the ground.
Fortunately for the ghostly teen though, he was able to quickly recover from the attack and was slowly rising back up. Unfortunately though, his entire face was throbbing in pain. This guy didn't pull his punches it seemed.
After shaking his head to try to dull the pain, Ghostfreak looked up in time to see Kraabs stand directly above him and had one of his clawed legs raised up. Realizing what he was about to do, Ghostfreak quickly moved away in time to avoid being stabbed by the giant blade that struck the concrete with a sickening crack.
"Damn pest. Stay still!" Kraabs demanded as he lunged forward at the now standing, erh floating, Ghostfreak who simply backed away from the bounty hunters attempted attack.
Making a fist, Ghostfreak flew towards the bounty hunter and slammed it into his mask, causing Kraabs to stumble back. The specters singular eye widened as he used his other hand to clutch the one he hit Kraabs with, hissing in pain as he tried to soothe his knuckles.
"Dumb brat, what did you expect?" Kraabs asked as he lifted his claw up and grabbed one of Ghostfreaks chains. Before the spirit could get the chance to stop him, Kraabs spun his upper body around before flinging him towards a nearby brick wall, knocking the air from his lungs and sending him toppling to the floor.
Lowering his claw and walking towards the teen, Kraabs continued. "My helmet and armor is made out of a special alloy that can allow me to withstand the strength of a 30ft Vaxasaurian. So any sad little attacks you pull off in that form will just do more harm to you then to me."
By the time Kraabs finished his sentence, he was standing above Ghostfreak who could only stare up in fear at the bounty hunter. "You were hardly worth the hunt." Kraabs said disappointedly as he slowly raised his claw up and prepared to strike while Ghostfreak could only try to think of a way out of this situation.
Without saying another word, Kraabs let his claw come sailing down at the boy, but before it could strike its intended target, a nearby voice caused the bounty hunter to stop.
"Hey check it out, there's some kinda weird fight going on down there!" Both Kraabs and Ghostfreak turned to the source of the voice and we're both surprised to see a small, but growing group of people on top of the bridge staring down at the two with some people holding out their phones and recording the whole thing. They must've heard the commotion, they both thought.
While they both stared at the people, Ghostfreak suddenly had an idea pop in his head. Looking at Kraabs with his eye, he saw that the bounty hunter had his attention off him for a moment. That gave him a chance to escape! But wait, what about the people up there? If he leaves, this walking seafood platter might get angered by that and might take his anger out on the people.
But there's also the detail about why he's here. He said someone sent him and two others for some kind of award. So chances are that if he slipped away this Kraab guy might just ignore those people and go after Ghostfreak instead to make sure these other two hunters don't get to him. It would make sense, but he still didn't want to risk putting innocent lives in danger. Maybe there was some other way, maybe….. maybe…..no. Ghostfreak knew there wasn't another way. He couldn't physically overpower this guy and whatever he was doused in rendered his powers useless, this was his only chance. As much as he didn't want to, he didn't want to stick around and be crushed to death, so he was gonna have to risk it and pray for those people.
"Tch, what the hell are they doing? Is this something your species does? Do you just show up at random fights to stare and gawk? Ha! Talk about primitive if you ask me. Huh, what the?!" Kraabs had turned his gaze back down at Ghostfreak only to see he wasn't there. Looking around he couldn't see any trace of the damn brat! Shit, those bumbling idiots made him lose the kid, so now he's gotta find him all of again! Damnit! He jumped into the air and turned his legs into a powerful drill, allowing him to burrow Into the ground once more while causing those wide eyed freaks on the bridge to scream and shout. Hopefully he can find him before the others could!
Elsewhere, on top of a nearby skyscraper.
On top of the one of many tall structures that littered Musutafu, SixSix stood on the edge of the building with his arms crossed as he looked down at the city, watching the inhabitants go about their daily business.
When he and Hoverboard had split up,the first thing he did when entering the city's air space was to see what exactly this race was like, what they were capable of and how they functioned. With that task in mind, he decided to perch himself onto the very skyscraper he was standing on and hacked into the city's internet network, which was, in his opinion, extremely easy. Seriously, all it took was thirteen seconds and he was in. Maybe Kraabs was onto something when he said that the inhabitants were primitive, but that's besides the point.
When he had finished hacking into the internet, he wasted no time studying and learning many things this world had to offer. He learned that he was in a region of the world called Japan and that it's inhabitants spoke 'Japanese', a language that he had added into the database of several alien languages he had picked up over the years.
After that though, he didn't bother to learn much else about this world. He wasn't interested in learning about it's history, and when he studied this worlds technology, he just looked up the weapons and modes of interstellar travel, and his reaction to these two things astonished him. These people still used weapons that fired out metal rounds and they've barely scratched the surface of short distance space travel. What was this, the dark ages?
Besides these few things, he did learn three things that were, in his opinion, worth value. The first thing was this planets name, which was called Earth, as well as the solar system it resided in. That was important because if his only mode of transport off this rock were to be destroyed, then he would have to find a way to contact his siblings and he could give them his coordinates, both for where the planet was and where he was on the planet.
The second thing he learned was the city's infostructure and layout. With these two in hand, he could now traverse the city streets, alleys, and sewers without getting lost, and if he were to enter a building, his helmet would bring up a map of the building, allowing him to walk through it with no trouble. With this information, he had no doubt he could find the person he's hunting with no difficulties.
But the third most interesting thing that he learned of this world would be its inhabitants, or more specifically, their culture, their abilities, their….quirks.
Apparently about two hundred years ago the dominant species of this planet, called humans, underwent some kind of mutation to their genetic code. This granted them special abilities that they called 'quirks'. A strange name, considering that the word was more associated with a person's personality trait rather than a physical one, but oh well, he wasn't really interested in what they called it. What did interest him was the nature and culture of these powers. Thanks to his technology, he was able to hack into something called the 'Quirk Registration Office Database', and pulled up several files going over several of these humans abilities. At first, he thought that the inhabitants of Earth had shared the same ability, like most alien species did. But now he knows that wasn't the case, as he saw that everyone had an ability that was unique to them. It was quite fascinating to be honest. But not as fascinating as the culture people had built around these quirks. Apparently these people had created a profession of being heros. After watching some videos of these 'heros', SixSix had seen that this whole "profession", if you could even call it that, was just grown adults dressing up in ridiculous looking outfits and using their powers to inflict harm onto those who go against this worlds laws. They almost reminded him of that one group of extraterrestrial law enforcers that traveled the galaxy to uphold their precious justice. What were they called again, Pumbers or something? He couldn't really remember, it's been several years since he's last heard the name. Oh well, doesn't really matter to him.
"Hey you." A voice behind SixSix spoke out. Turning his head around, the purple clad bounty hunter saw a figure approaching him. SixSix could immediately tell that this was one of those heros due to the outfit. He was wearing a set of white armor that covered his upper body, head, legs, and arms over a dark red skintight suit. This was the Pro-Hero: Air Jet.
"What are you doing up here? This is private property, you're not supposed to be up here without proper clearance. Explain yourself." Air Jet said as he continued walking towards SixSix.
The bounty hunter however was not interested with what the hero had to say, so he just turned his head back towards the city and continued to watch the people down below.
"Hey, I just asked why you're up here! Explain." Again he was met with no response. "Are you affiliated with any hero agencies?"
The pro hero was met with silence once more, which now caused him to be irritated with SixSix's quiet attitude. Once he was directly behind the bounty hunter, Air Jet placed his right hand on SixSix's left shoulder. "Alright you! I'm gonna take you off this building and once we're back on solid ground you're gonna hand over your hero license, that is if you've got one, cause if you don't we're gonna have a serious iss-urk!"
Air Jet's eyes bulged out of his sockets as the words died in his throat when he suddenly felt a hot, sharp pain in his stomach. Gasping in pain, the hero looked down to see that SixSix had planted one of his energy blades in him before turning his head around to see the pointed end of the blade poking out of his back. The hold he held on SixSix loosened before his arm went slack and dropped to his side while his eyes rolled into his skull and his head dropped back. Pulling his blade out violently, he let the pro heros body fall to the ground with a thud as he placed his weapon back on his belt.
Saying something in his native tongue, SixSix activated the tracking device in his helmet and started up his jetpack, making him soar into the sky. He's had enough learning about this world, it was time to get on with the task at hand.
With Ghostfreak
Floating through an abandoned alleyway while trying to shake away the liquid Kraabs splashed on him earlier, Ghostfreak moved towards the sounds of nearby city commotion, occasionally moving his eye around to make sure no one was around. As he made his way, he was trying to currently calm his nerves over what had recently transpired.
"Alright Izuku, keep calm. Some extraterrestrial space crab, robot, whatever just came out of nowhere and is now basically hunting after your head. Just keep calm and focus. Once the watch, or I guess the Omnitrix times out, just give All Might a call and he should handle this whole mess. Y-yeah, it's gonna be fine Izuku, it will." The sounds of traffic and people became more audible as Ghostfreak neared the alley opening. Before he could leave the alley though, he decided to float behind a nearby dumpster to wait until he turned back. Peeking behind the trash container, Ghostfreak checked to make sure he was in a familiar part of the city, and to his relief he was. "The park where I stopped that truck at yesterday isn't too far from here. Once I turn back I'll make a light jog for it, and hopefully I won't get attacked on the way over. Hopefully, the watch should finish recharging once I get their." Glancing down at the Omnitrix symbol, he continued. "And speaking about you, what the heck was that back there?! I picked Upgrade but instead you gave me the alien that caused me to black out the other day! What the hecks wrong with you?! This better be a one time thing, because I really don't want another problem added to my life!" Slamming the back of his head against the dumpster, Ghostfreak slumped down as he let out a frustrated groan. "Why does the universe torment me so much?"
Beep. Beep. Beep. Flash!
The infamous red light flashed to life from Ghostfreaks chest before dying down, revealing the sitting form of Izuku Midoryia.
"Well, that was quick." Izuku said as he got up from the dumpster and proceeded to walk out of the alley and towards the park. As he walked, he examined his body and saw that the orange liquid that was doused onto Ghostfreak was nowhere to be seen. "Looks like that stuff he splashed me with didn't carry over to my regular form, so at least that's one less thing to worry about."
Jogging by several people and stores, Izuku pulled out his phone and immediately dialed up All Mights number. Bringing the phone to his ear, he could hear that the phone was busy dialing up.
"C'mon, c'mon. Pick up already." Izuku said in an impatient tone. Normally he wouldn't have a problem if his mentor didn't pick up, he'd just try to call him later. But you can already see that Izuku doesn't exactly have the luxury of waiting.
On the eighth or ninth ringtone, the phone finally picked up. {AHAHAHAHA! YOU HAVE REACHED THE NUMBER OF I, ALL MIGHT!}
Izuku let out a breath of relief. For a minute there he was worried his mentor wouldn't answer. "All Might! I'm so glad you answered. I'm in really bad situation and I could really use your-." Sadly for the teen however, the small bit of relief was shattered almost instantly.
{I'M AFRAID I CAN'T COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE AT THE TONE, I WILL BE SURE TO GET BACK TO YOU AT THE SPEED OF JUSTICE!}
Beep!
Izuku's eyes went wide as he brought his phone down. "No! No, no, no, you can't be doing this to me." Izuku dialed the number again and was met with the same voicemail as before. "What the hell?! Come on please answer! I seriously need you right now!" Izuku said as he tried the number one more time.
Toshinori's apartment
Inside the empty home of the world's symbol of peace, the sound of a phones ringtone and vibrating against a flat surface filled the kitchen. It seems that the number one hero had forgotten something very important before leaving his home to go out and do his daily routine of curb stomping villains into next week.
{A PHONE CALL IS HERE! A PHONE CALL IS HERE! A PHONE CALL IS HERE! A PHONE CALL IS HERE! A PHONE CALL IS HERE A PHONE CALL IS-!} The pro heros phone said this repeatedly as it vibrated across the kitchen counter. When All Might had forgotten it this morning he also placed it near the edge of the counter, so it was no surprise it vibrated itself off the counter and hit the ground with a sickening crack.
Back to Midoryia
{I'm sorry, but the number you have called has been disconnected. Please try your call again later.} A robotic female voice said before the phone hung up on the greenette, much to his dismay.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Izuku said dreadfully. He should've known better. Just when he needed his mentor the most, instead of letting him have the help he needs, the universe decided to give him the big middle finger and made sure his only method of getting into contact with All Might was severed. Now he's all alone! Great, just fan-freaking-tastic!
'Sometimes I wonder if the world does this to me on purpose?' Izuku thought bitterly as he continued his walk to the park, as it was the only destination in mind. He couldn't go home, otherwise he'd be putting his mom in danger, and he couldn't stay in such a populated area either because he didn't want to risk getting innocent civilians caught up in his mess.
'The park is my safest bet, there shouldn't be too many people around, and there'll be plenty of space for me to move around this time.' Izuku looked down at the Omnitrix as it continued to recharge. 'I have no idea if the other two bounty hunters are as tech reliant as Kraabs is, nor do I know where they are. For all I know, one of them could be close by.' Izuku glanced up from the Omnitrix and looked at the people he passed by with slight caution. 'Maybe one of them is a shapeshifter, and could be hiding in plain sight. I know that sounds extremely paranoid, but I can't afford to let my guard down. In my current state I don't stand a chance against anyone, I need to wait for the watch to finish recharging before I unease a bit. Until then I'm on high alert.'
As Izuku continued his way towards the park, he made sure to keep an eye out for any signs of trouble on the way. But instead of scanning the street and people, he should've kept his eyes on the sky, because standing on top of a nearby roof water tower stood the intimidating figure of Hoverboard as he watched the greenette walk with extreme interest and curiosity behind his mask, wondering what this boy could bring to the table. After learning about the inhabitants of this world, he was curious to see what this boy had to offer, but sadly he would have to wait until he saw the boy in action.
But he was fine with that. He's been waiting for a while, so what harm could it do to wait a little bit more?
Tairitsu Park
The sounds of people enjoying their day filled the park as it was bathed in the warm glow of the sun. The grass and leaves swayed in the wind, while the water in a small Koi pond shimmered brightly in the sun's rays. Stepping through the parks entrance, Izuku strolled his way in, following the concrete path laid out before him. On any other day, he would've found the parks atmosphere to be quite calm and peaceful, causing him to feel a certain peace within himself. Sadly for him though with what's been going on recently, he didn't exactly have the pleasure to take in the parks natural beauty. Right now his mind was focused on finding a nice place to relax that was also near a place where he could transform without being seen, and try to think of a plan to get him out of this mess. As he walked he looked down at the Omnitrix to see how it was doing.
Still red. Damn.
Pulling his sleeve over it, he continued walking. Hopefully before anymore trouble finds him, this thing will be finished charging. Well, that is if the universe doesn't decide to pull a sick joke on him like it usually does.
As Izuku continued along the path, he spotted a small empty bench that was located in the shade of a large oak tree. Wanting to rest his feet and have some time to think, Izuku walked up to the bench and promptly placed himself on the far left side. Once he placed himself in a comfortable position he let out a long, exhausted, frustrated sigh as he buried his head in his hands. The type one would give after a long and terrible day at work.
Pulling his head back up, he decided to take a look at his surroundings. Not much to see around the park. A few joggers here and there, a fountain in the distance with only three people near it, two kids and a girl that was around Izuku's age it seemed, he had to guess all three of them must be siblings due to the green hair and their….well, Izuku wasn't sure due to how far away they were, but he was sure they all had frog like attributes to their appearances. Besides them there wasn't anyone else around. This entire part of the park was mostly void of most people, which was fantastic for him. Less people meant there was less risk of anyone getting hurt when one of those bounty hunters came after him. Which was fantastic for him, as it meant he had one less thing to worry about.
Now, the next thing he did need to worry about was coming up with a plan to help him out of this situation, but that might be easier said than done. Usually whenever he had gotten into fights with simple villains and thugs, he would always use the best alien for the situation, like for example if he was stopping a bunch of villains from escaping he'd use Snare-oh or Big Chill to subdue them or use Four-Arms and Diamondheads raw strength to plow through the enemy in a fight. Sadly for him though, as much as he'd like to, he's afraid that won't be the case now. Even though his encounter with Kraabs was relatively short, Izuku knew right away that trying to immobilize him with someone like Snare-oh or Big Chill wouldn't work, and Izuku wasn't sure what would happen if he were to fight him with his much more physical aliens. He didn't know if Kraabs had equal or greater strength, how strong that armor of his was, or worst of all, had anymore tricks up his sleeve, or er….claw he guessed? Anyway moving on, Izuku figured that the best option was to most likely use Upgrade in their next encounter. Izuku wasn't sure if Kraabs had any counter measures against his technological alien, but whether or not he did, Upgrade seems to be the best option so far. Hopefully it'll work when the time comes.
And as for the other two bounty hunters? Well, he'd figure that when he'd have to face them eventually, he'd figure he'd pick out the form he'd think would be best and well…. he'd guess he'd just have to wing it and hope for the best.
Leaning back against the bench, Izuku looked up at the clear blue sky and just stared out. On any other day he'd fine the clear blue sky to be a lovely sight, but he couldn't find himself to enjoy the view. The day wasn't even over yet it has already became one of, if not thee worst day of his life. He wondered if All Might or any other hero had to deal with this?
As he looked at the sky, Izuku couldn't help but notice a small tiny speck of black that was surrounded by the blue of the sky. Squinting at it, Izuku tried to see what it was. It couldn't be a bird because it was too high up and it certainly wasn't a plane due to the fact that it was just…. stationary,it just stayed in one spot, so it had to be something else. The longer Izuku looked he noticed that the speck was…. growing. As it grew Izuku could begin to slightly make out some more features about the speck, such as the distinct hint of purple, the smallest sound of roaring similar to engines, and…. it's….shape.
"On my God." Izuku whispered to himself as his eyes widened in shocked panic. Getting to his feet, Izuku slowly backed away from the approaching speck for a few seconds before turning the opposite way of where he entered and breaking out into a full blown run as he tried to flee away from the speck.
Why? Because the speck in the sky wasn't a bird, and it certainly wasn't a plane either. But instead it was a person. A person who wore a purple armor and black helmet that was making a beeline for the park, and being the hero nerd he was, Izuku could immediately tell that this person was definitely no hero. No, this figure was known as the bounty hunter SixSix.
As Izuku ran along the pathway he could hear the thrusters of SixSix's jetpack through the roaring will that blew past his ears as he ran getting louder and louder. Turning his head back to take a quick look, the greenette could see that the bounty hunter was now closer then he was before. If he had to take a wild guess, Izuku would probably have to say that SixSix was five, maybe six stories above to say the least, and he was only getting closer by the second which was evident by the sound of his thrusters becoming louder and louder, causing some nearby park goers to turn their attention towards the descending purple clad warrior, wondering if he was some kind of new debuting hero.
'Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!' Izuku thought frantically as he kicked his speed into overdrive. His legs began to feel sore as he pushed himself past his limit. 'I'm in too open a space to transform, and this guy's hot on my heels! Crap, if only these people weren't here this would be so much easier!'
As Izuku continued his run, he didn't notice the bounty hunter from behind opening up one of the many plates on his body before beginning to pull something out of it. In his right hand, the thing it was holding was two small black spheres with red lines running along them that resembled a circuit pattern and had small buttons on the sides of them. Pressing both of the spheres buttons, the red circuit lines began to flash before he reared his arm back and tossed them at the sprinting teen ahead of him. When they were just a few centimeters away from Izuku's upper back, the devices flashed one last time before bursting open, releasing a wave of force that swept the greenette of his feet and sent him flying a great distance away.
The people who had been watching from afar panicked when they saw what the bounty hunter had done and proceeded to turn away from the sight and run away, with some people using the phones that they had been recording with to call the police to bring help.
Izuku crashed into the ground with a heavy thud as the impact had knocked the wind out of him. Rubbing his head in pain, Izuku groaned as he tried to get to his feet, but before he could get to his knees he heard the sound of something landing on the ground behind him which was accompanied by the sounds of a thruster powering down as well. Panic gripping his core, Izuku didn't bother turning around as he knew what was behind him and instead opted to quickly scramble to his feet and hastily attempted to run away from the bounty hunter behind him. However before he could even get five feet away, Izuku felt something wrap around his ankles causing his legs to be tightly bonded together as he once again went crashing towards the ground. Lying on the ground, Izuku turned his head back to see what had tripped him, and what he saw made his panic grow. What had caused him to trip and fall was what appeared to be futuristic looking bolas, which had the strings that held the black balls being made from pure energy. Looking up, Izuku could see SixSix slowly making his way towards him, and seeing how he couldn't get the strange bolas off his legs in time, he decided to roll onto his backside and used his arms to quickly crawl back from the bounty hunter.
"S-stay away!" Izuku yelled as he backed up. He knew words wouldn't sway him, but his mind was on full blown panic mode that he couldn't stop the words from spilling out. Shortly after he shouted the words, Izuku felt his upper back and head hit something. When he turned to see, he saw that he had backed himself up into a tree he must not have seen in his panic.
Turning back towards the bounty hunter, Izuku saw that SixSix was now almost directly in front of him, and he was pulling something off his belt. Glancing at the object, Izuku's eyes widened with horror as his pupils shrunk to pinpricks as the object bared a striking resemblance to a gun. Looking around desperately, Izuku tried to see if there was anyone who could help him. As his pupils looked in each and every direction whoever, there was no one in sight, not a single soul to rush in and help him. They all must've been scared off by whatever this guy hit him with seconds ago. He was all alone, which meant no one was gonna save him, which meant he and the bounty hunter were the only two in the park, which meant-
The watch.
Realizing he had forgotten about the Omnitrix in his panicked state, Izuku had now realized this was a perfect opportunity. Nobody else was here! Nobody would see him transform! Which meant that he could now defend himself!
Pulling the watch up and bringing out the dial, Izuku didn't bother to scroll through his aliens and instead just slammed down on the dial immediately, not caring who he would get, just as long as it would help him get out of this mess.
As soon as Izuku was swallowed in the emerald light, SixSix brought the arm he was holding his gun with up to his face to shield his eyes from the sudden blinding light he didn't see coming. Once the light died out, the bounty hunter lowered his arm to see what the teen had done, only to see a sudden flash of blue rush towards him before he felt something strike him in the stomach and caused him to go falling onto his back with a loud thud. On the ground, SixSix mentally groaned in pain as his stomach burned intensely, wondering what the teen could've hit him with. These backwater primates didn't have the technology to make laser based weaponry, so it sure as hell wasn't a blaster round! Did the Omnitrix possess some kind of offensive weaponry? No, it shouldn't have, he was told it was simply a device that contained the DNA of different species across the galaxy, not a weapon. Unless his benefactor decided to leave out some details. Could it possibly be the boys 'quirk'? If so, it sure as hell packed one mean punch, that's for sure. Bringing his hand to his chest he felt the area where he was hit at with his fingers and to his surprise it was wet. Gaining a small drop, SixSix brought his hand to his helmet and was surprised to see the substance on his finger was. At first he thought it might've been blood from a wound he might've gotten from the "beam", but instead it was just, well water, and after a few seconds he quickly realized that whatever the teen struck him with wasn't any type of beam, but instead a very powerful shot of water. Perhaps this boy holds the ability to control water?
As the pain slowly started to become more tolerable, SixSix began to slowly lift himself off the ground. As he did this he could hear the sound of energy sparking as the energy wires of his capture device….snap? No, that's impossible! Unless this kid possessed incredible strength as well? Did this brat have any more surpises?! Only one way to find out.
Lifting his head up, SixSix stared forward, expecting to see the standing form of the greenette looking down on him, but instead was met with much more surprising sight. If he still had his eyes, his organic eyes, they would be widening in confusion at the sight he was seeing before him.
Standing before him wasn't the child he was hunting from before, in fact it wasn't even a human, or any inhabitant of this world. Instead it was one from the far distant world of Kiusana. An Orishan.
"Thank God for Water Hazard! I really thought I was done for there!" The Orishan being said in relief as he breathed deeply while his hands shook, not even acknowledging the bounty hunter but instead trying to calm his nerves. While SixSix was completely confused.
But, but that doesn't make any sense?! An Orishan! What was one doing here, and in the place where his target was no less?! It didn't make a like of sense to him, not in the slightest. It was as if his target either teleported away and brought him here, or he…..no, it couldn't be could it?
Pulling up the tracking device in his helmet, SixSix checked to see where the energy signature for the Omnitrix was, and to his surprise it was still in front of him. Located directly on the center of the aquatic aliens chest.
Using his analytic mind, (which was also part machine since he is, or at least I think he is a cyborg), the bounty hunter was able to piece together what had just happened with what he knew of the Omnitrix beforehand. So that's what the Omnitrix did. No wonder his benefactor wanted something like this. A device that turned the user into different species of the universe would be priceless to most of the galaxy, especially to power hungry warlords like Vilgax.
With this new info in mind, SixSix stood tall and firm as he eyed down his foe. He won't be surprised like that again, he assured. Getting into a battle like stance with his blasters facing the red crustacean, he used the targeting system in his helmet to take aim and prepared to fire.
However the movements of the bounty hunter had caught Water Hazards attention and caused him to face the purple clad warrior. When he saw the blasters that were aimed his way, the relief he had felt moments prior had now washed away by worry and fear.
"Oh yeah, still in danger." He said to himself before he raised his hands up defensively and began to back away slightly. "Umm, h-hey. There isn't a-any way we c-can't talk this out, is there? Hehehe." He said nervously as he began to subtly channeled water into the holes in his palms, preparing himself for what might happen.
His question was met with SixSix firing off a volley of blasts that rushed towards him at blinding speeds. Widening his eyes, the crustacean pointed his hands to the ground and fired a powerful stream of water that sent him flying towards the sky, and just in time too, because the second he was out of the way the beams tore through the water, creating several clouds of steam as the beams hit the tree that Izuku stumbled into before, causing the bark to be scorched and blasted off.
SixSix lifted his arms in the air and aimed directly for Water Hazards head with the intent to blow the Orishans brains out. However before he could pull the trigger Water Hazard saw the attack coming a mile away. Using his quick thinking, Water Hazard quickly lifted his arms upwards towards the bounty hunter, causing the powerful jets to knock themselves into SixSix and made him tumble back into the ground, no doubt.
While the attack was successful in knocking down the alien warrior, it had also backfired on Water Hazard. Because since he was using the jets of water to hang in the air by pointing straight down at the ground, the sudden shift in direction had caused him to go flying at a 25 degree angle. So while SixSix was getting pushed down to the dirt, Water Hazard went flying up into the sky a little before he lost his concentration over his water jets and went falling to the ground. Fortunately for him he wasn't too high up into the air, so he didn't land very hard. But it still hurt him a bit.
"Ugh, okay. Not my best idea ever." Water Hazard said as he lifted his head off the ground and rubbed his forehead slightly. "But at least it did something to the purple wearing space ninja, right?" He asked himself as he was slowly getting himself off the ground. When he was on one knee he looked over at SixSix to see that he had already gotten up off the ground, completely recovered from the water attack and was soaking wet.
"Oh you've gotta be kidding me." Water Hazard said as he looked at SixSix raise his blasters and pointed them at his target. The pistols whined softly as energy began to build up, but something unexpectedly happened when the bounty hunter pulled the trigger. Instead of firing out beams of energy, the guns sparked with red electricity as water weakly poured out of the pistols barrel. The sparks quickly died out as SixSix tried pulling the trigger again only for nothing to happen once more. After trying to fire the weapons five more times, SixSix growled in anger as he holstered the waterlogged weapons back onto his belt.
As Water Hazard watched, he couldn't help but feel relieved a bit knowing that the blasters we're now out of the equation, because he wasn't sure if he could take it. Don't get him wrong he knew his hardened shell was tough, his time fighting villains have proven that, but he wasn't sure if he could take on raw energy tearing through him like a bullet. But now that the weapons were broken things might start turning up for the better. Right?
(Just my luck. Damnit, I should've brought a spare in case something like this happened. This is what I get for traveling light.) SixSix said in his tongue, which to Water Hazard just sounded like random clicks and growls. (Oh well, doesn't matter now I suppose, what's done is done.) SixSix moved his hands over his saber weapons and yanked them off the belt while simultaneously activating them as well, causing blades of energy to flash to life and whizz softly in the air. (Well just have to do this the messy way.)
….Ya know what? With all the shit that's ever gone down in his life, why should Water Hazard think life would make things easy for him?
In a burst of speed, SixSix ran towards the crustacean alien with unwavering momentum, causing Water Hazard to hastily get to his feet and aim his arms at the bounty hunter before firing off two baseball sized water shots in an attempt to slow SixSix down. Sadly though, this proved to be a fruitless endevor as right before the shots could connect, SixSix spun his body out of the water shots way and continued his way towards Water Hazard.
"Crap." Water Hazard said at the sight of SixSix dodging his shots. Firing off another set, the alien teen witnessed SixSix dodging yet again, causing him to curse under his breath once more. Firing off several sets of water shots this time, the dread Water Hazard felt only seemed to intensify as SixSix kept ducking and weaving his way out of the paths of the water shots and would sometimes use his energy blades to slice the shots from mid-air.
"Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" Water Hazard said frantically as he continued shooting in a hectic manner, trying to keep the bounty hunter at Bay, but his efforts were wasted as SixSix had either dodged or sliced all the shots in his way, making it possible for the bounty hunter to finally get within slashing distance of Water Hazard. Taking a swing, SixSixs blade whizzed through the air, causing the alien teen to quickly lean his body back in order to dodge it.
"Woah!" Water Hazard dodged another attempted slash from SixSix by stepping back from the blades range. The bounty hunter tried slashing the alien teen again, only for the crustacean to back away from the blades once more. This process continued for a short while, with Water Hazard yelping every time he backed away from one of the bounty hunters slashes.
As the crustacean kept on dodging the attacks, he used his analytic mind to look for an opening to allow him to gain some distance between him and the blades. After several seconds, he was able to spot one in the form of SixSix preparing his left arm for a horizontal slash. Quickly coming up with a plan, he readied himself for the opening.
'Here goes nothing.' Water Hazard thought as SixSix slashed at the teen once more. However, instead of backing away, the transformed boy ducked underneath the blade which nearly grazed the top of his hood before he launched himself back upwards and slammed his right palm into the bounty hunters chin and then activating a jet of water, sending SixSix right into the air before landing on the ground a few feet away with a soft thud.
Keeping his eyes on the bounty hunter, Water Hazard breathed deeply slightly as he lowered his right arm down. He couldn't believe that actually worked, he was actually expecting something….well in all honesty, something much worse to happen. Since this person was a space bounty hunter he was expecting the purple clad warrior to, well, some kind of….he doesn't know, some kind of space Kung Fu trick or something? But since he knocked him back just like that, well he couldn't say he shocked himself a bit to be honest. He almost felt proud with himself. Almost.
"Y-yeah! How'd you like that you power ranger reject?" The crustacean said in an almost cocky manner, trying to seem intimidating.
His little remark was answered almost immediately by the sounds of angered growling accompanied by the plates on the bounty hunters shoulders opening up. Before Water Hazard could even question this, two small greyish-white protrusions that resembled small stubby hands came crawling out of the panels, one from each, holding black canisters with red circuitry lines running across them.
(Burn!) SixSix clicked out as he pressed a button on each canister before tossing them quickly at Water Hazard, who couldn't even react in time to dodge or shoot them out of the air. As soon as both devices landed at his feet, they exploded into a burst of force and flames, pushing the teen onto his back as he grunted deeply. Even though he couldn't see Water Hazard through the thick cloud of smoke in front of the crustacean, SixSix knew that his foe was down for the moment, so not wanting to waste this chance the bounty hunter made a dash for the teen once again with his energy blades held tightly against his grip.
As the assassin made his way over, Water Hazard slowly lifted his upper back off the ground as he tried to gain a grip over his sight and hearing. His eyes stung profusely from the sudden flash of the explosion, making his vision partway bleary and fuzzy while his hearing was filled with a slight ringing noise from the sudden bang of the explosion, making the situation that he was in even more grim and dire then before. Groaning in pain, Water Hazard lifted himself up enough for him to face the black smoke cloud in front of him, which to him just looked like a black blob for now.
"Oh come on, this isn't fair. Can't a guy get some slack around here?" Water Hazard said as he noticed his blurry vision for the first time.
However, almost as if the galaxy is answering his question, SixSix jumped through the other side of the smoke cloud and appeared in front of the crustacean alien with his blades pointed right at the teen in an attempt to stab through his shell. Eyes widened, Water Hazard rolled away in time to dodge the attack, causing the bounty hunter to stab the ground instead. When he was a safe distance away the crustacean alien immediately stopped rolling and quickly scurried himself to his feet while the bounty hunter immediately pulled his blades from the ground. He tried to take another slash at the teen, but the crustacean was able to back away in time to avoid the attack. SixSix was about to try to slash once more, but before he could Water Hazard coiled his right fist up and slammed it into the bounty hunters helmet, sending him stumbling back enough for Water Hazard to have some breathing space. As he prepared himself for another strike, neither of them noticed a pair of eyes watching the spectacle from a safe distance not too far from where they were.
Standing atop one of the tall buildings that hung around the outskirts of the park, Hoverboard watched the fight between Water Hazard and SixSix play out through his high tech binoculars. Though this was more of a game of cat and mouse to be honest. After all the kid just kept running away from his opponent, and even though he did launch an attack from time to time the water shots either missed, got cut from the blades, or on the rare occasion they did hit SixSix but only staggered the assassin for a few seconds at most. This was quite honestly the most boring fight he's ever seen in opinion. He was honestly ready to just jump in and end the whole thing so he can get it over with.
But, no matter how badly he wanted to end this, he needed to keep himself in check. After all he's still got a job to do, and he can't get it done by just simply jumping in all guns blazing and nab the kid afterwards, any bounty hunter with half a brain can tell you that. No, he's gotta wait for an opportunity to present itself, just one golden opportunity where he can seize it at any given time. That's all he needed, and all he has to do is just wait for the right moment. Any minute now it'll pop up right in front of him, so all he needs to do is be patient and wait. Until then though, he'll just have to be patient and continue observing. However, he wasn't sure how much longer he could do that.
Setting down his binoculars, Hoverboard shook his head disappointedly as he sighed deeply. He was hoping that the person he was looking for would be worth his time and skill, but after a short time of watching his target fighting, the disappointment he felt was like no other.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Hoverboard was broken out of his thoughts by a sudden beeping coming from one of the devices on his belt. Grabbing it with his free hand, the bounty hunter pulled off a small, grey rectangle device that looked similar to a smartphone, except it was far more bulky and it had several plates of metal strewn across it. On the glass screen of the device showed a radar surrounded by several words written in an alien language and had a large green dot in the center. On the bottom right corner of the radar a large dot smaller than the central one slowly blipped it's way across the screen towards the center, however when it reached the center dot, instead of stopping it moved past it instead and continued on its path until it completely disappeared right of the top left on the screen. As it did this, Hoverboard could've sworn he heard the faint sounds of shifting stones coming from the bottom of the building he's on, despite the fact that he was three stories off the ground. However that didn't matter to him in the slightest, as he knew what the dot on the radar and the noise below both meant.
Placing the device and binoculars back onto his belt, Hoverboard turned around and walked away from the edge of the roof to prepare for what's to come. His golden opportunity had come, and now it was his time to take it.
Back at the fight between Water Hazard and SixSix, the alien hero breathed deeply as he stood his ground against the bounty hunter, who was also doing the same thing as well. However due to the fact he was wearing his mask, his breathing could not be heard from behind, but it was clearly evident he was out of breath due to his chest and shoulders rising up and down.
"You're…. really….the persistent one…. aren't you?" Water Hazard asked as he tried to recover his breath and stamina. All this running and dodging hasn't been doing him any favors as the muscles in his legs were practically screaming at him to sit down for a minute. His arms on the other hand felt worse though as they both throbbed in pain from the inside due to his over use of his water jets. His lungs burned greatly due to his running and his heart pounded so fast and hard that his chest actually shook slightly from the vibrations. As for his eyes, well at least on the bright side his vision wasn't so blurry from before, but he doubted his return of proper eyesight was gonna be much help here. The crustacean alien knew he wouldn't last much longer under these conditions, but he knew he couldn't just turn tail and run while this power ranger freak was still standing, that be idiotic. No, his best bet for now was to tire out the bounty hunter and land a one hit punch on the guy. Thankfully for Water Hazard though, all his running around didn't just affect him alone, as SixSix looked just as drained as well. Hopefully this fight won't be much longer then it has too.
With a few clicks, SixSix raised his energy blades once more as he prepared for another attempted slash at Water Hazard, causing the teen to sigh tiredly.
"Really? We've been at this for…..what? Five minutes now? Do you really think just jumping at me again will make much of a difference?" The alien teen asked as he couldn't believe this guy's dedication.
Saying something in his alien tongue, SixSix just leapt at the teen once more with a shrill battle cry, causing the teen to prepare for another dodge from the blades. When the bounty hunter was just in front of the crustacean alien, Water Hazard sidestepped out of the way of SixSix's slash causing the bounty hunter to land directly where his target was. Before he could turn around and try to slash at the teen again, Water Hazard delivered a swift kick into the assassins back side, causing him to go falling towards the ground. At the beginning of the fight the bounty hunter was much quicker, however now Water Hazard could notice that the aliens speed had fallen quite quickly. He guessed his method of tiring out this guy had worked, he thought.
SixSix attempted to quickly get up from his feet, however as soon as he tried he was blasted down by a weak, but still strong enough blast of water to keep the alien down. Water Hazard had to resist hissing in pain as his overuse of his water jets had caused him to feel a stinging sensation through the areas of his arm that carried the water to his palms. When the pain became very irritable, Water Hazard had decided to cut the water works to let his hands have a break from the stinging.
"Hisss! Grhh, this hurts so freaking bad." The crustacean said as he shook his hands to ease the pain. As he did this, SixSix slowly recovered himself just a bit and turned his head back at the person he was sent after, only to see the teen had his attention to trying to soothe the pain in his arms. Seeing this as an opportunity, SixSix turned away and slowly tried getting back to his feet to fight once more. Like Water Hazard however, he was also drained of his stamina as well as his breathing was erratic and his muscles ached with soreness. It was actually something he couldn't really believe to be honest. Him, one of the best assassins in the galaxy, the left arm of death, was actually tired from chasing around a child, and a weak one no less. The thought alone infuriated him to no end. How dare this pathetic whelp, this insignificant pup on a backwater planet humiliate him like this with a power that wasn't even his own?! He vows on his own life that he will rip the Omnitrix right out of the child's chest and make the boy pay for this insult! He just needs to get to his legs, that's all. He just needs to get to his feet, and then he can use his blades to cleave that wretched child's arms clean off! He can do it, he just needs to hurry back up and slice the fool while he still could!
As the Sotoraggian had gotten to his hands and knees, Water Hazard had just finished easing the pain in his hands before looking over towards the bounty hunter. The Orishan couldn't help but mentally groan at the bounty hunters determination to carry out his task, making the teen wonder what will make this guy quit. Seriously, this guy was just as tired as he was and yet he's still getting back up and willing to continue the fight. It was kind of admirable in some way. But still, Water Hazard couldn't let this fight go on, so while the purple power ranger reject was still trying to get up the Orishan made his way over to the Sotoraggian with the intention of slamming his fist into the black helmet of SixSix and knock him out cold. Once that's over with he's going to go somewhere private to wait for the watch to time out and let himself recover his strength for a little while. Stepping across wet grass that was soaked by his earlier blasts of water, the crustacean alien only made it half way to SixSix before a sudden noise caught his attention.
"Huh? What in the-?" Water Hazard stopped in his place and took his gaze away from SixSix to look around for the source of the sound. He didn't have to worry about the bounty hunter jumping to his feet though as even he could hear the sound as well and stopped struggling to get up to listen to the sound.
The sound was faint, and very hard to pinpoint as it felt like it was coming from every direction, not to mention that neither of them could recognize what the sound exactly was, but if they had to associate it with anything, the closest thing they could think of would probably have to be the sound of rushing water. As the two listened closely, they both soon discovered that what had been making the sound was actually coming closer with every second, and as it came the sound it had been making became much more clearer to the two, making them both realize that what sounded like rushing water was actually…. rumbling. And as soon as they made this discovery, the ground below them started to vibrate gentle before gradually over the course of a few seconds the vibrations began to pick up speed, making the park go from a gentle shaking that caused the grass to softly dance to a powerful earthquake that threatened to cause Water Hazard, SixSix, and even the trees around them to go crashing to the ground. As the two aliens tried to keep their balance up, neither of them noticed something beneath the ground was burrowing it's way towards the two as it left behind a trail of raised dirt in its place, however as soon as it was only thirty meters away from them, whatever had been burrowing beneath the earth began to sink further into the ground, ending the trail of rising dirt but still not stopping the ever growing earthquake which intensified with each second. Water Hazard tried desperately to stay on his two feet, however due to the force of the quakes the alien ended up involuntary falling to his hands and knees as his body shook violently. As he laid on the ground, the Orishans mind raced with panic as he questioned what was going on at the moment, wondering what could be causing the earth to shake with such force. As his mind pondered the possibilities however, his emerald eyes noticed that the ground below him was beginning to crack and shift rapidly, causing a thought to pop up in his mind that made his eyes widened with realization and terror.
But before he could question the horrific thought that had popped into mind, the earthquake stopped in its tracks as something beneath the patch of grass beneath SixSix and Water Hazard exploded out of the ground, creating a large cloud of dirt and grass and causing the two aliens and several lose clumps of dirt to go flying high into the air before the forces of gravity took hold of them and sent them falling back to earth, with the several clumps of dirt hitting the ground with dull thuds.
"Oph!" Water Hazard crashed into the ground heavily, landing on his left side as his body was pelted by small pebble sized lumps of dirt. Groaning, he slowly lifted himself up off the ground as he placed his right hand onto his forehead. When he had crashed into the ground he bumped his head a little, making his thoughts kinda foggy and his vision slightly bleary just like before. However, fortunately for him his thoughts and eyesight did return to normal for him almost immediately. However, unfortunately for him when they did return to normal, that's when he heard the sounds of mechanical joints moving towards him, causing the aliens eyes to widened with fear as he turned his body around to the source, only to be met with golden pincers grabbing him by the waist and hoisting him up into the air, allowing him to come face to face with the one responsible for the earthquake, Kraabs.
"Hey there small fry, did you miss me?" He asked as he squeezed the teen tightly, causing him to grunt in pain as his shell-like skin cracked slightly from the pressure. Water Hazard tried to pry himself free of the pincers, but unfortunately his fatigue and the strength of Kraabs claw made it impossible to free himself and only made Kraabs laugh at the futile escape attempt.
"Grrh….let….go!" Water Hazard brought up his arms and attempted to fire a blast of aqua into Kraabs helmet, but sadly for him the minute he brought his arms up, Kraabs immediately responded with….well um, slamming the crustacean into the ground. Hard.
"Glad to see you too dumbass." Kraabs said as he lifted the crustacean right back up again before he reared his claw arm back and threw Water Hazard at the ground so hard that the Orishan actually bounced off the ground a few inches before landing on his front side.
With pain filled grunts Water Hazard tried to pick himself off the ground so that he can resume his fight, but however due to his current condition the lack of stamina and the pain from him pushing himself had made him weak, thereby causing his arms and legs to give out from the weight of his body and send him falling back to the ground. Breathing deeply, he tried to get up again, but as he did this he could hear the sound of Kraabs walking towards him at a slow manner, with his mechanical legs whizzing as he approached.
"Pathetic." Kraabs said as he eyed down his foe, disappointment clear in his voice. "In all my years of hunting various species across the galaxy, you are by far the most worthless prey I've ever met. Honestly, I kinda feel insulted that my employer thought you were so dangerous that he had to call someone like me in."
While Kraabs continued to walk and talk his way over to the alien teen, Water Hazard was able to slowly get himself to his feet with some difficulty as he breathed deeply before trying to defend himself from the bounty hunter by blasting a somewhat weak blast of water out of his hands. However, even if the force of the water was stronger it still wouldn't do much as the water couldn't harm the tough and thick plating of Kraabs armor, so the jets just harmless splashed off of Kraabs who just kept moving towards him. In all honesty it was kinda the same as using a high powered garden hose to stop a moving bulldozer really.
This didn't last very long though, as while Kraabs was getting drenched, he typed something into his giant claw before his armor started to glow with a faint white aura which shortly turned bright white as electricity crackled across his armor. And as we all know what happens when water and electricity mix together, the electrical current jumped off Kraabs armor, travelled up through the streaming water, and entered into Water Hazards portholes causing the alien to receive a nasty little shock as he howled in pain before falling towards the ground, landing on his hands and knees as his body slightly smoked and felt pain all across himself as he thought he was going to collapse at any minute.
"Tch, such a disappointment." Kraabs said as he shook his head slightly. "Oh well. At least that little toy of yours will fetch me a pretty price, so at least I have something to look forward to after I put you down."
Water Hazard tried to get to his feet once again, but no matter how much he tried to, his body wouldn't do what he wanted. His arms and legs shook uncontrollably and his entire body felt like it was made of lead as he couldn't find the strength to even lift his fingers off the grass beneath them. His muscles burned and throbbed greatly due to exhaustion, and his eyes felt extremely heavy while his vision started to become slightly unfocused. That shock he got was nothing to scoff at, he thinks if he was in his human form it might've been worse for him but thankfully for him his shell seemed to take the worst of the shock. But the shock still took it's toll, as he felt himself on the verge of passing out into unconsciousness despite the fact that he was using every bit of will power possible to keep himself awake. He won't let his story end here, not like this! Come on, get up!
"Welp, kid. As much as I'd like to say my shirt time here was pleasant, I think it's time we end this already." Kraabs had finally stopped in front of Water Hazard and lifted up his giant claw to strike down the teen. "Stay still, and I promise you won't even feel a thing."
Dread filled the Orishan as his eyes had now widened in fear and panic. Despite trying so desperately to move himself even an inch, the crustacean couldn't find the strength to even lift his hands an inch off the ground. This, this couldn't be the way he goes out, right? N-No it shouldn't be! He had made a promise to himself that he would attend U.A, that he would prove himself as a hero, that he would carry on the legacy of AllMight! He can't let his story end here before it even began! B-but he couldn't see any possible way he could get out of this though. He was far too weak to even defend himself right now, and there was no sight or sounds of any heros or even police showing up to help him. He was all alone, completely at the mercy of someone who was the farthest thing from merciful. He- he was going to die here, wasn't he? As he stared into Kraabs helmet, seemingly trying to find an answer to confirm his morbid question, time seemed to slow down for the alien boy as several thoughts popped into his mind. What would happen to his mom, how would she handle finding out her one and only child was dead? Would she spiral down into an inescapable well of misery and madness, or would she develop some type of self-destructive tendency to fill the void? What would happen to All Might? Would he blame himself for his students death, would he pass down One For All, and if he did, who would he pass it down to? As these thoughts flooded his mind, Kraabs was just about to strike down the alien teen causing him to close his eyes to brace for the impact, but before his claw could even move one inch downward-.
Thunk!
-In some type of bizarre twist of fate, a small soda can sized rock struck the back of Kraabs helmet, making a loud metallic sound as the stone bounced off the bounty hunters head, catching both the attention of him and Water Hazard.
"What in the-?" Kraabs spun his head around 360 degrees to see what had the audacity to throw the stone at him only for his eyes to be met with the slumped form of SixSix, who was holding his deactivated energy sabers in his hands, standing a few short meters away from him.
"Oh, it's just you. Where'd you pop out of all sudden?" Kraabs asked his fellow bounty hunter, not knowing full well that the Sotoraggian was actually here this whole time.
(Back away from the boy half-breed! His fight was with me!) SixSix yelled out in his tongue as he pointed his deactivated weapons at the bronze alien in front of him, his voice clearly holding anger.
"Your fight? I found him here first! Therefore he's my bounty."
(You found him? Did you not see me when you bursted out of the ground earlier? I was directly behind you when you grabbed him!)
Wait what? He was here the whole time? Guessed that explained why the brat kept moving around randomly on the tracking device. "Well, whatever. Even if you were here before I showed up, I still found him first much earlier, which means I get to take that bounty!"
(Who declared you of such a right?!) SixSix asked as he activated his sabers once more.
"I did tiny!" Kraabs replied as he spinned his body towards his new for, clamping his claw a few times for intimidation.
While the two bounty hunters were bickering, Water Hazard could only curse under his breath at the unfortunate luck of the situation. Firstly his body was beyond exhausted and he could hardly even move it an inch, let alone defend himself with it. Then the giant bronze space crab from earlier suddenly pops out of nowhere before attempting to crush him to death with his giant claw. And now the two people who are trying to kill him are now fighting over his soon to be corpse, or at least he thinks they are. He had no idea what the purple one was saying due to the fact that he seemingly spoke in clicks and growls. But judging by what Kraabs was saying, he figured that they were fighting over him, or at least the Omnitrix. Either way, whether they wanted him or the watch, both options would most likely end with his death, which you know….is really fucking bad for him.
SixSix said something in his native tongue which caused Kraabs to recoil. Whatever the purple clad alien had said seemed to strike a nerve of sorts with the bronze crab creature.
"Well you don't have to get so personal about it!" Kraabs said back, his tone carrying obvious signs of disgust in it.
SixSix opened his none visible mouth to say something once more but before the words could leave him something small and fast quickly landed right between the two bounty hunters who could only look down at the object in shock by its sudden appearance. It appeared to be some type of small, black cubic device that had a few blue lines of circuitry running along the sides.
"What the he-!?" Before Kraabs could finish his sentence, the circuit lines on the device suddenly flashed before a short, but strong pulse of energy shot out of it and struck the two bounty hunters, causing their armors and every device on them to short-circuit. SixSixs deactivated blades fell to the ground as he clutched his head tightly and let out a pained inhuman scream as he crumpled to the ground. Kraabs on the other hand tried to say something, but all that came out of him was just random gibberish as his body shook violently before going limp as his legs gave way, causing him to hit the ground with a heavy thud, making it tremble slightly. As the two bounty hunters went down, Water Hazard could only look at the scene before him in shock and surprise at the sudden development before him.
"Uhhh, is-is it over?" Water Hazard asked aloud, mostly to himself though.
"Not quite." A voice from behind said, causing the blood in Water Hazards to freeze up as he felt fear slowly creep up his spine. Turning his head backwards, with some difficulty though, the Orishan saw that the owner of the voice was a large imposing figure wearing a skin tight suit with a large weapon strapped to his back hovering over him on a futuristic looking board with his arms crossed as he looked down at the teen through a small triangular opening in the center of his helmet.
"You and I still have some business to attend to." Hoverboard said as he uncrossed his arms and used his right hand to grab Water Hazard by the wrist and propped him over his shoulder. The alien teen wanted to fight back against this unwanted contact, but due to him still being weak from exhaustion, he barely had the strength necessary to break out of the figures grasp. Once the figure knew he had a firm grasp on the Orishan, he leaned his body forward causing the floating board to smoothly glide through the air before it began to ascend to the sky, and by the time they passed the parks fencing and entered the city, the two of them were now much higher than the any of the skyscrapers of Musutafu.
As the two went skyward, Water Hazard tried to pry himself out of the bigger aliens grasp. However due to how exhausted he was from his fight, he didn't even have a quarter of the strength necessary to even budge a bit in his captors grasp. And if that wasn't bad enough for him, as the two continued to fly higher into the sky, altitude they were at was high enough for the oxygen to be incredibly thin, making it harder and harder for the alien hero to breath, causing the crustaceans conciseness began to slowly give away before his vision finally went black, and his mind faded into the realm of slumber.
That does it for part 1. And yes, I made this chapter so long that it had to be made into two parts. Tune in for part 2 once I get the spelling errors in the second half sorted out. So a day or two.