Hey, Jason here.
You might be wondering, "Jason, why in the actual fuck are you trying to fight the No. 5 hero in Japan? Her quad is literally the size of your torso." And to that my friend... I don't know.
I can't really back down from a challenge, no matter who it is...
See how this can fuck me up?
Okay, the current situation is the same. Mirko here is looking to kick my teeth in, I gotta fight back. Simple, right?
I just gotta be careful, and push my quirk here. I can predict her moves easily, I just gotta make sure I stay focused. She's got me beat in speed and in the air, so that's a no go. Maybe long ranged attacks? Probably. I just have to avoid her muscular, thick... Legs, yeah, legs.
Well, no backing out of here now, besides, this will give me a good shock to the body.
"Heh, let's get this over with!" She said, pounding her fists together.
"In a rush? You gotta make sure you make it to elementary school on time!" I said, much to her displeasure.
"Let's see you talk shit when I fuck you up!" She then launched herself at me. Okay, here we go.
[Play: Find Your One Way, Guilty Gear Strive OST]
I simply hop step her, letting her fly by me. I then immediately crouch down to do the same.
"The hell?"
"Heh!"
She draws in close, preparing to throw a kick straight to my dome, but I already saw that! She's fast, I'll give her that for sure, but if I've already seen it, I'll just adjust accordingly! Now, it isn't exactly the most full proof thing.
If one had the power to, I don't know, shoot rays of light, and I limited my quirk to 10 seconds, I am not escaping that, I ain't faster then the speed of light...
And with the longer I go into the future, my quirk goes into a cool down state. The shorter the range, the cool down is almost non existent, but the longer the range, the cool down would last about a minute. The future is always changing in accordance to my actions-
I weave under another kick of hers, backing up more and more, dodging through her flurry.
"Your interrupting my inner monologue!"
"Cry about it!"
Rude.
I go on the offensive.
I whirl out my chains, lashing the weight out at her, making her slip her head. I knew this would happen, so I try and land a kick of my own into her abdomen, but she spins out of it, preparing to send another kick to my vulnerable side.
I then fell backwards, letting it cut through the air above me. With that momentum, her back now faces me, but I could see her trying to follow up. In a quick reaction, I send my blade towards her exposed back, only lightly scratching her.
She immediately turns towards me, throwing a quick fist at my fallen body, making me roll on the ground away as I kipped myself up.
She was right in my face, her left foot flying to my face. I tilted my body to the side as I wound up a punch to the face.
And then she caught it. She attempted to swing herself above me, using the momentum and me as a turning point.
"Luna Ring!"
Fuck, that sounded like a special move! I tried to leap out of the way of her attack to the side, but I felt it clip my shoulder. Man that clip dislocated my shoulder!
I got some ground between us.
"Nice one."
"Give up while you still can, your shoulder is fucked-"
Crack!
I pushed it into its socket, I ain't backing down now. Especially when I'm having this much fun!
"Let's go!"
I unleash my Kusarigama to its fullest, letting it's full length out as I send them swinging at the hero, making her dodge the blows. The scathing blade barely misses her as he ducks and dodged, slowly making her way towards me. It was so hard for her because I was lashing it at specific spots, making her halt her movement to dodge.
Until when the blade reached her, slamming her foot down on the backside of it, making it now stuck in the ground.
"I got you now!" She flew towards me with incredible speed. Fuck it, gotta grapple with her now! I didn't move at all as she tried to send a knee straight into my gut. Time felt super slow. I gotta send it out at the best time. Time to use my old man's strength!
Closer...
Closer...
Now!
Her knee dug into my gut, pain shooting through my abdomen.
However!
Her eyes shot wide open, she looked down to see my hand shot straight into her liver. My hand probably broke due to the sheer speed she came in, but I used her momentum against her, firing a punch straight at the liver.
I was sent flying, but quickly staggered to my two feet. My breath hitched with every intake of air. Holy shit, that hit hard. My hand was swollen to hell and back too. I took a glance at her.
"You..." Her steps staggered slightly.
With the amount of force she came in with, and my fist, I'd imagine it wasn't the best feeling. I would know, since I took a liver shot myself.
(End Music)
Her breath quickened as she held her side.
"Come on! This shit ain't over yet!"
"Heh... You're goddamn right!" Despite the pain, I rushed her, slinging my blade at her in blistering speed as I spun the weight around. She weaved, coming at me with a devastating dropkick. I ducked under, slinging my weight at her head as she landed.
It managed to clip it pretty good, the sharp edges must've hit because I saw the signs of blood in her white hair.
Keep moving!
Continuous flow!
I fought through the pain as I continued to swing the Kusarigama around, as I moved into what appeared to be a dance. She weaved, ducked, and turned, the weapon managed to hit her a few times, only resulting in a graze. I just gotta get the timing down...
In a flash, she was up in the air, before turning and soaring down towards me.
"Luna Fall!"
The attack names I swear.
I lashed both ends at her, making her kick them away as she prepared to axe kick my ass.
I tried to duck out of the way, turning my body, but it seems like she knew this would happen. The attack was a feint, as she only kicked off the ground to where I dodged.
And then I did something risky.
When she sent a kick, I turned my body towards the inside of her body...
And caught it.
I wrapped my arm around her extended leg, more specifically her quad. The force pushed me back, but I wound up for the meanest hook I could ever throw, getting into my stance and everything, and fired.
I knew that she would guard her face out of anything, so while her hands guarded up her head, I sent it towards her abdomen... Right where I hit her liver. In instinctual retaliation, however...
Man. Goodbye ribs.
Her other leg came soaring in, landing a fierce blow into my exposed side, making my eyes damn near bug out.
But I didn't budge, only digging much further into her stomach. I prided myself on how hard my punches were, especially my hooks. I could practically feel her organ against my fist.
I feel like I'm about to keel over at the very second...
My vision was a little blurry too.
I immediately let go of her other leg as to not get crushed by the two of them.
"What... The-" she immediately paused, seeing the previous knocked away blade of my weapon near her face. Even if I slashed at her, she probably would've dodged...
I backed away from her slowly, keeping my guard up as I spun my weapon.
"So, how are ya feeling?" I ask her.
"Just peachy, how about you!?"
"Never better..."
I think I'm getting used to her incredible speed, it's like leading your shots when shooting at a moving target, you just gotta get the timing down. Those hits I took were to ensure sure hits. I used my quirk again...
Her legs spasmed, she hugged her side as she glared at me, her breath heavy. Not one, but two liver shots, and she's still up? I feel like I'm about to die here...
"Stop! Please!" That one proctor from before rushed in-between us.
"Get the fuck out of the way!" Me and her yelled at the same time. Heh...
"I'm sorry, but the time is up! Your freaking me out here!" The proctor yelled out unprofessionally. We probably broke the poor man.
I looked around, actually focusing on the terrain as I saw a small crowd of the trainers and heroes around us.
And suddenly I feel nauseous. Damn you Mirko!
She glared at me before smirking.
"Heh, I think I know who the victor is here! Too bad, Jason I was actually enjoying our-" she trailed off as she stumbled slightly, her face grimacing. Her eyes seemed a little glazed over too...
I see those two liver shots are finally taking an effect. No matter how durable you are, a liver shot is a liver shot.
"Are... You sure... About that?" How was I even talking!?
"Fuck... You..."
Heh.
"Well, um, you definitely passed the test, so you will be awarded your hero license!" Said the panicking proctor.
"Cool..." Yeah, this was gonna hurt for a while.
~~~~~
I was one of the few that passed the combat trial, so I was then awarded my hero license.
It had my picture, quirk, and everything, how neat.
I massaged my badly bruised side as I got out of the building.
At least I got it now...
I wonder if I can talk to some support hero for some healing...
"Oi!"
I turn to see the woman who almost caved in my stomach. Her ears twitched aggressively.
"What!?"
"I... I didn't expect you to actually fight me, nonetheless last that long!"
"What, you underestimated me... Being all cocky and shit. So, what do you think?"
"... Your quick on your feet, and pain doesn't seem to be a factor for you, I put about 70% of my power into that last kick... Usually 50 does the trick..."
"How nice, miss Mirko giving me some praise..."
"Shut it... Fuck, I'm gonna be pissing blood..."
"Hah!"
"Fuck off!"
~~~~~
I sat at Aizawa's house, looking over my license.
There you go, now I can go out and about just like that...
I feel a buzz from my phone, taking out I see a text from an unknown number...
Hello, is this Mendoza?
It's Nezu!
How the hell did
you get my number?
Doesn't matter, I
heard you acquired
your hero license?
Yeah?
Excellent! I knew you
could do it!
Thanks?
I also heard you
fought Mirko and didn't
die! Well done!
Right... Is there a point
to this rn?
Yes! We need you to
come to UA after the
school day, we're
going to hold a conference
about the situation and
affirming security.
I'd like it if you came!
Dead ass?
I suppose, yes!
What if I don't want to?
:)
Fine
How can he even type?
After I shake off that sense of dread, I take a look back at the past couple of weeks.
Me and my beloved restaurant got attacked by the so-called League of Villains, which separated me from my work.
I am now obligated to help stop these bastards, which I don't mind since they tried to kill me or whatever...
I fought Mirko and I'm pretty sure I cracked a rib or two. The pain hasn't gone away in the slightest...
Now I gotta meet up with the people I had always disliked: heroes.
Fuck.
I look over my Kusarigama, I think it needs a few upgrades...
Maybe a stop by Recovery Girl too...
~~~~~
I trudge up towards the the opening gate of the place, the barrier looks super fortified too...
The late afternoon sun getting ready to set as I see little to no students here. I currently wear a polo and some dress pants. There's nothing wrong with looking fresh as fuck.
I dig into my pockets to find a visitor pass to the school. For some reason it was dropped off to the house as soon as I put my phone down. Man that fucking rat...
I walk through and up to the building.
Alright...
Where the fuck am I going?
He said something about the conference room...
I look at his other text message, revealing the layout of the school and all the floors.
Okay, here we go...
I walk throughout the big ass hallways, noting the big doors to each classroom. It's been a while since I've been in school, the last time was during high school more than a decade ago. I never went to college, obviously.
"Is it here...?" I breathed in and out, no reason to be nervous. I swear to god if they're pieces of shit...
Okay, conference room, here we go.
Deciding to be polite, I knocked on the door.
Some shuffling can be heard before I hear footsteps approach the door. The door opens to reveal the rat himself, Nezu.
"Ah, I'm glad you can make it, come in!"
I saunter into the place and are immediately met with a bunch of heroes. I can recognize Midnight, Snipe, Tsukauchi, and that one skeleton looking guy. The rest I don't know about.
"Hey."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Who the hell is he?" The gun wielder asked.
"Mendoza, if you would?"
"The whole thing or..."
"The whole thing!"
"Alright, cool." I look over the sets of eyes looking me over. To them, I look to be some random guy.
"Tsukauchi."
"Mendoza."
"Can you introduce yourself!? You are interrupting something important!" Some vampire looking guy said.
"Calm yourself, big guy. My name is Jason Mendoza, and I will be working with you guys in stopping the League of Villains." He didn't exactly like the big guy part...
"Not to be rude or anything, but do you got any credentials? I never heard of you... I would like to get to know you, so~" Ah, Midnight.
"Let me be dramatic for a moment!" Tsukauchi palmed his face.
"You guys got any tea or juice here? It's kinda hot outside..." I look around for anything to drink. What? I'm thirsty here!
"Mendoza." Nezu said.
"Okay, okay! As I said, my name is Jason Mendoza, and I was attacked by the League before the USJ. At my own home!" This seemed to catch their attention.
"I see, are you okay!?" Skeleton man asked.
"Please, I'm fine, I fought it off... It was a Nomu, but not the one All Might fought... It was grey, and noticeably smaller."
"That's troubling..." Snipe said.
"That warp guy sent a Nomu straight into my home, but here's the real kicker... I spoke with the main man himself, Shigaraki!" They all froze up, their attention all on me. Heh, I love being dramatic.
"What did he say!?" Asked the skeleton guy.
"Ah, nothing much, just asking me stupid questions."
The Snipe hero looked at me funny.
"Hold on, you said you fought it off... You ain't a hero, I can tell, so who in the hell are ya?"
My smirk grew.
"Tell me, have you heard of the New York Incident? Any hands?" I say, scanning the small crowd. Tsukauchi looked disappointed in me as usual.
"Yes, a large scale attack about a decade ago, I heard it was a messy one..." Said Midnight.
"Yes, the New York Incident, the time in which the Crypt tried to take over the entire New England territory, including my home," I said, pacing around the room.
"What does this have to do-"
"I'm getting there! Anyways, I remember that time as if it was yesterday. I'm sure you could tell I am a foreigner here... Now as for who I am... Who was one of the people who led the charge against the Crypt leader? Any hands? I won't be mad if you're wrong!"
"One of them was a Vigilante... Wait..." Vampire guy then shot a glare at me.
"That's right! I am a former vigilante in New York, also known as El Profeta!" I said, my maniacal grin reached its max.
"You let a vigilante in here!?" Both me and Vlad said at the same time, much to his shock and displeasure.
"Yes, that's right, you heroes are gonna be working with a criminal!" I laughed at their expressions, man this was priceless.
They all were silent until Tsukauchi spoke up.
"Despite his brash and over the top demeanor, he excels in combat and battle experience, further exemplified including his quirk. With him in our ranks, stopping this threat will be much easier." He said before deadpanning at me.
"He'll cooperate with us..."
"Sure will!" I said, plopping my ass down in an empty seat between Snipe and skeleton man, who I remembered was named Toshinori.
"Nice gun."
"... Thanks." Snipe said offhandedly.
I turned over towards the blonde man next to me.
"Nice to see you again, Mendoza, who would've thought that you had such a past, small world, huh?"
"Heh, I guess so..." I could tell he was hiding something, but it wasn't my problem. I'm guessing he was some teacher here or a retired hero or something...
"Are we sure we should discuss such information with him around?" Sharp tooth said to Nezu.
"I promise you, he is reliable!"
"Besides, in exchange for my freedom, I have to help you guys. They also tried to kill me, and tried to hurt some people I know, so I'll do what ever I can to fuck them up!" I said.
"How vulgar~" Midnight muttered, leering at me with a weird look...
"Right, let's get back on topic here." Tsukauchi grabbed the attention of every one in the conference room, I noticed the absence of Yamada and Aizawa.
"The one called Shigaraki, his quirk allows him to disintegrate everything he touches... We've been through the list of men in their twenties and thirties in the Quirk Registry with no luck. Nothing turned up on the 'Warp Gate' user Kurogiri either. Neither is registered and both are using aliases... Their quirks aren't on record, making them members of the underworld." He said, shooting a glance at me.
"So you're saying we know next to nothin... I reckon we ought to learn fast or the leader of those varmints, Shigaraki... Would heal his wounds and he'll be back again." Snipe said
"Leader, huh?" Toshinori seemed to be thinking of something.
"What is it, Toshinori?" Nezu asked.
"Its just that nothing about this feels normal. It was an especially daring attack. And not just in it's meticulous planning! I know he started to go in about some ridiculous ideology, and although he didn't say anything about his own quirk, he was shooting his mouth off, bragging about that guy Nomu's quirk. Now that we know there's more, it's definitely not something to just look over... And when things started to not go his way, he threw a tantrum! Well I guess the business a out the quirks was meant to provoke All Might..." Toshinori said, rubbing his chin. He seems to know a lot about all of this...
"Even so, it seems especially foolish in a battle against heroes to reveal one's quirks and waste the element of surprise." Nezu said.
"Spouting a plausible yet deluded ideology. Bragging about the toy he brought along, and simply thinking everything would go his way. If we think about how the attack was carried out, it seems clear that this Shigaraki character couldn't quite hide his childish nature. That's sense that he does whatever he wants. He's a man child." Toshinori concluded. I could see where he was getting at, kinda.
"A kid with too much power, you're saying!?" Yelled vampy.
Maybe he never received general quirk counseling in elementary school..." I always thought that it was a biased system, it didn't exactly help with the most extreme cases or the mutant types.
"So!? What does that matter anyway!?" Vampire guy said.
"We apprehended a total of 72 villains at USJ that day. They were all just back alley thugs, but the question is why so many of them would agree to follow this man child... Nowadays our society is saturated with heroes. So maybe small time villains like them, who always get kicked around, are drawn in by that sort of pure, unaffected evil. Anyways, thanks to you heroes, we can focus on our investigation. We'll expand our search and devote efforts to apprehending the perpetrators with the help of Mendoza."
"Uh huh..." To be honest, I kinda tuned out a lot of that.
"A man child, huh?" Toshinori spoke up.
"In one way, he's a lot like our students, he has the potential to grow... If only he had a proper mentor to follow... It's difficult to think about these things..."
"I see, and you Mendoza, how would you describe Shigaraki?" Asked Toshinori.
"Well, just as much as you described, but he tried to recruit me, thinking that whatever ideology I was following would still be present..."
Vlad immediately stood up, pointing his finger at me.
"Whose to say he isn't a spy!? He might be sitting here, recording our conversation at the very second!"
I simply put my hands up.
"Do you think Nezu would bring in someone like that in here? Are you questioning him? You're free to search me if ya want." I said. He simply glared at me before Nezu intervened.
"Now, now, understand that the few of you are skeptical of Mendoza and his involvement, but I went through the work to see that he is more then a former criminal. I believe he would be able to help us greatly." Nezu said with a slight bow.
"... Well, Nezu seems pretty sure, so it seems a okay..." Snipe said.
"Great. Can I leave now?" I was pretty sure this whole thing was wrapped up at this point.
"Yes, you all may." Nezu simply said. Tsukauchi sent a nod and a wave my way as he took his leave with Toshinori. I followed behind them, but I felt the glare of a certain vampire hero behind me.
"If you have something to say, say it."
"... You better not lay a finger on any of the students here..."
"Please, that's goes against my own character. Besides, they would probably kick my ass anyways." I said with a laugh.
As I leave the building, Snipe sends me a small wave while Midnight does the same... With a more sultry vibe...
Vampire man doesn't say shit.
Fuck you.
Tsukauchi gives me a nod as Nezu scampers up to me.
"So?"
"So what?"
"What do you think?"
"... Eh."
"I'd rather have a more elaborate answer."
"I dunno why you're so interested."
"Well, you're interesting! I find myself wanting to know more about interesting people!"
"Uh huh... Well, obviously I'm gonna have to warm up to them, but I don't care. I'm in this now, so I gotta make sure I put those villains in the ground."
Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that...
He looks at me inquisitively.
"I hope their spirit bleeds unto you. Good day, Mendoza!"
What does that even mean?
With that in mind, I walk back to my home boy's residence. I should buy a car... Or a motorcycle or something. Man, what a weird turn of events.
I came up on the door, using the key that Aizawa gave me, and I let myself in.
He wasn't here, was he on patrol? Maybe. He shouldn't be.
Wait a minute...
I can do that shit too!
If I can find some solace in this situation, it is my freedom and the ability to fuck people up. I ran up to a window, opening it up, and shutting it behind me. I made sure to lock the door beforehand.
I look at the young night sky, the stars setting in. If you would compare me, I would be more similar to an underground hero then anything.
And so, I jump into the night.
A reminiscence of my younger days.
~~~~~
And that's a wrap! Thanks for reading so far. Jason here has to get acquainted with the heroes here in order for things to run smoothly... His past raises some concerns, however.
The League of Villains still has their eye on him, too... Expect things to ramp up from here!
Anyways, thanks for reading! Hope to see you next chapter! Buh bye ;)