Well, Hello there again.
This time we have the third chapter of the story.
I have some announcements at the author notes, so I appreciate if you read them.
Nothing more to say let's dive right in.
Disclaimer: I don't own any character everything belongs to Kohei Horikoshi.
"Hello" – People Talking
"Cool" – People Thinking
"I am here" - All Might Speaking.
"He is the one" – All Might Thinking.
Chapter 3:
Vigilante Arc Part 1.
New teacher and new friends.
It's been a year since Yamikumo's debut in the Combat Zone, he has won some reputation inside the place, the name "Headhunter" was quite famous between fighters and public, he has a total record of 15-5 Win-Loses inn the Zone, with that he has gain attention from someone that would be important in his future.
Yamikumo was having a nice day, he woke up and trained for an hour, then he studied some stuff from his books, he got interested on hacking stuff, but he wasn't really good at it, now he was heading back home from the grocery stuff, Akane asked him to buy some stuff for the bar. But this is where his day turned more interesting.
In his way back some goons tried to rob him, key word tried, thanks to his training and skills he got rid of them easily.
- "Those are some nice moves you got there kid"-
Yamikumo turn around to the source of the voice finding a guy, wearing black and red clothing that looked like bulletproof clothing and had six small folding knives, three on the right side and three of the left side, with two pairs of pockets beneath them, but the most important was a mask covering his face.
- "Who are you? Or what are you?"- Asked Yamikumo preparing to run or in the worst case to fight.
- "My name is Stendhal; I was patrolling the area when I saw what happened to you, but it looks like you had everything under control" –
- "Are you a hero"-
- "Kind of, I do some heroic stuff but it's not legal."-
- "I don't understand. How can you do heroic stuff but being illegal at the same time?"-
- "Have you ever heard about Vigilantes? We are some people who voluntarily carry out duties usually done by Pro Heroes without paying attention to the law. The problem is that due to regulations and Quirk restriction laws we ae not legally allowed to do this stuff."-
- "Vigilantes huh? That's interesting, maybe that can be a good way to become a hero since I probably won't be able to enter a hero school, since I don't have any academy records due to me being homeschooled" – Yamikumo was starting to consider becoming a Vigilante, but he will need some guidance, maybe this Stendhal guy can help.
- "Hey, Stendhal, right? How can someone become a Vigilante?"-
-So, you want to become a Vigilante? Why? –
- "My real dream is to become a hero. But I'm not stupid, thanks to my past I won't be able to enter to any hero school, I was homeschooled and without any registration on a school so technically I never went to school."-
- "I see, but before I can tell you anything I need to learn that past of yours and your reasons to become a hero" –
Yamikumo proceeds to tell him about his past, from him being adopted, the Riverdale Incident, when he met the Atanagi, his training in the Combat Zone until this day.
- "Wow. This kid surely had a rough life. I can see that fire in his eyes, that's the same fire I see on All Might. He might be worth it to train."- Those where Stendhal thoughts about Yamikumo. – Tell you what kid. You just get yourself a new teacher. I will teach everything you need to know to become a vigilante."-
- "Really! Thank you very much. I won't let you down."-
- "Don't thank me yet. First you will have to survive to my training. Then you can thank me. You can't go back now and don't worry I won't take you away from your guardians, once your daily training is over you can go back to your home to rest." –
- "I understand. But first I need to deliver these groceries to Akane-san." –
- "Fine. I'll wait you here. Hurry up I don't have all day"-
After this talk and then delivering the groceries Yamikumo's training to become a Vigilante started.
One Year Later.
A year has passed since his encounter with Stendhal, a year since he started his training or as he likes to call it. Hell.
His training consisted in facing Stendhal one on one until his body got exhausted and even that sometimes Stendhal made him overexert his body. He trained his stealth, agility, and reflexes at the point that he can perceive everything slow but only if he concentrates enough. He also told him about another Vigilantes he knew like Knuckleduster, Pop Step and some guy called The Brawler or something like that.
He also trained his quirk; he now can move some heavier objects and the fire aspect of his quirk is now mastered. And lasty but not less important, he learn how to use a Katana, Stendhal give him an old one if his, it was a little damaged and old, but it still worked, at the beginning he was a little bit reticent but with the time he accepted it and now he had an advance skill with his katana and became his primary combat style. He still remembers when Stendhal gave him the katana.
Flashback.
- "What? A katana? But I don't wanna kill anybody"-
- "I'm not giving you this to kill, I want you to learn how to use it so you can have more than one trick. You can use that to injure non-lethally your opponents, making some cuts over here and over there, disabling arms and legs. I don't know you have to be creative. Remember this kid. A sword not only serves to kill, it also serves to defend."-
- "I see. I you put it like that I guess I can give it a try"-
Flashback end.
He laughed at that memory; he had a lot of good memories with Stendhal. Speaking of Stendhal, he wanted to see him.
Arriving at the place he found Stendhal waiting for him.
- "Do you wanted to see me?"-
- "Yes. It's been a year since I started training and now, I can say that your training is over. You impressed me I though you would quit, especially when I gave you that Katana"- He laughed at the memory.
- "Really. Well then, I should say thank you now. Without you I wouldn't know what to do." –
- "It is nothing kid. I actually enjoyed it. But I must tell you something. I'm leaving to Hosu."-
- "What? Why?"-
- "With you here I don't have any reasons to stay. I know you'll do fine. You where in some of my patrols, heck, you even helped me with some duties. Make me proud Headhunter. Goodbye."-
With those final words he leaves Yamikumo stares at the place where Stendhal was standing just moments ago. He cried but then composed himself and spoke.
- "Thank you, Stendhal, and wherever you go Goodluck."- With that he started his new career the Vigilante Headhunter.
- "Goodluck kid. Maybe one day you will become a hero. A real one."-
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A few months had passed, and the Vigilante Headhunter started to get known, he always appears on places where the heroes never patrol, in his known deeds were stopping robbing attempts, rape attempts, and catching some criminals and you always found out the criminals with multiple cuts in their bodies.
Today wasn't an exception. He just saved some people from a rob attempt and in his getaway, he run in with other two Vigilantes and he recognized them.
One is a girl with pink hair tied in pigtails. She wears a Black mask and is dressed in a devilish themed one-piece black leotard with a heart-shaped opening in the center of the chest and a smaller one in the back, where it is located just below two bat wings. In addition to it, she also wears a reddish-pink bow tie, a pair of silver pearl earrings, black elbow-length gloves, a black super-miniskirt with three hearts on the belt, and black knee-high boots.
The guy had short brown hair and is wearing an All Might hoodie and a motorcycle protective gear along with gloves and boots. He uses a black mask to cover his mouth and a pair of tinted shades to hide his eyes.
- "Nice job dude. You did an awesome job."- Said the girl.
- "Yes, you did"- Said the guy.
- "Wait a minute I know who you are. You are Pop Step and the Brawler!"-
A few second of silence paste before the girl, now identified as Pop Step started laughing.
- "Hahahaha!"-
- "My name is The Crawler! Why everyone says it wrong all the time?"-
- "Sorry. But what are you doing here? Don't you used to work in Narahuda?"-
Pop Step stopped laughing and answered.
- "Yes, but thanks to someone's new work we moved here, I still do some vigilante work. And he, even though he retired from being a Vigilante, still does some work with me sporadically. Hey what about we work together tonight? It'll be fun."-
- "Pop, I'm not sure about…"-
Before The Crawler could say more Yamikumo interrupted.
- "Sure, I always wanted to work with other Vigilantes. My name is Headhunter if you want to know."-
- "Nice! Let's go Hunter. Let's go "Brawler" Hahaha"-
- "Really? You too?"-
After that the three Vigilantes patrolled for the rest of the night.
Another month passed and nothing out of the normal happened. Sometimes he does some patrolling with Pop Step and The Crawler and other times alone. He sometimes also hangs out with Pop Step and The Crawlers in their civilian lives where he learned their names Kazuho Haneyama (Pop Step) and Koichi Haimawari (The Crawler) and quickly becoming good friends.
Right now, Yamikumo was in a park near the center of the town. He was thinking about everything that happened since meeting Stendhal and asking himself how Stendhal was doing, and he could still be thinking but a sudden voice interrupted his train of thoughts.
- "Are you okay?" –
It was a short girl of a rather thin build, with honey brown hair, curved inwards in a mushroom-shaped bob that reaches just below her narrow shoulders. She has a long fringe that completely covers her right eye. her eyes are wide and rather cat-like; tilted inwards with rather long lower eyelashes, and her irises are a warm brown color. her eyes are wide and rather cat-like; tilted inwards with rather long lower eyelashes, and her irises are a warm brown color. She was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt with a pink skirt and brown boots.
- "Yes, I'm okay. I was just thinking about a good old friend. My name is Yamikumo Atanagi by the way."-
- "Oh sorry. I'm Kinoko Komori but you can call me Kinoko, and I'm going to become an Idol Hero."-
- "You want to become hero huh? That's nice. If you let me ask, what is your quirk?"-
- "Of course. My quirk is called Mushroom. It allows me to spread various types of fungus spores from my body. The spores will quickly grow into full-grown mushrooms once they make contact with a solid surface. The mushrooms can grow from various surfaces, including my surroundings, my own body, and even my opponent's body. But they only last for 2-3 hours. The spores spread better in a humid environment."-
- "Wow that's a really powerful quirk. I'm a 100% sure that you will become a hero."-
- "Thank you. And what about you? What's your quirk Yamikumo-kun?"-
- "Straight to first name basis huh?" "My quirk is Pyro-Telekinesis. It's divided in two parts. The first part lets me create and manipulate any kind of fire included natural ones, but I can't control any fire that's created by other quirk. But it makes me immune to any kind of fire though. The second part lets me move any object with my mind but the heavier the harder is to move."-
- "Wow. That incredible. Are you becoming a hero too?"-
- "I want to, but I can't. You see I am homeschooled but I wasn't affiliated with any school so I don't have any academy record and I can't enter to any hero school since they require to have an academy record. I guess I'll work in my… parents' business."-
- "I'm sorry. I hope you succeed on anything you do."-
- "Thanks. This might be a little bit surprising but, since we are already talking, do you wanna hang out?"-
After this talk, they spend al the morning in the park, they also went to a near coffee shop to have something to drink.
By the time night arrived Yamikumo walked Kinoko to her house and then went to his. He dressed up and was ready for another Vigilante patrol and he was doing it with Pop Step.
- "Today was an awesome day. I have a new friend and the first one of my age too. I hope I can know her more. I guess is good to make some friends after all."-
-Hey! Hunter! What's taking to long? Hurry up!"- It was Pop Step.
- "Well, duty calls"- After that he jumped out of his window and went patrolling with Pop Step. But little did he know, new encounters were destined for him in a near future.
To be Continued.
Author Notes:
So here we are. I hope you like it.
I know I said that I was gonna upload yesterday but school stuff happened, you know university. But I promise to upload at least once a week.
My chapters are at least 2000 words and I'll try to keep it like that.
As you can read, this is the start of the new arc the Vigilante arc.
Also, Yamikumo made some friends.
If you are curious The Crawler and Pop Step are characters from the My Hero Academia Spin off Vigilantes so you can hope for more things of the spin off making an appearance in this arc.
If you don't know, Stendhal is actually Stain, the Hero Killer but before being Stain. It appears in the Spin off. So yeah, you can expect more appearances and mentions of him before his arc in the manga.
Now for the announcement I have:
- I created a DeviantArt for this story.
- I'll use it to upload some character Designs (Right now I only uploaded the cover of this Story). All made by me (At least for now).
- I'm gonna upload Yamikumo's Vigilante Outfit in the DeviantArt. If not today probably tomorrow.
- So go check the Drawings here's my name in DeviantArt:
cj88888
As always feel free to leave any comment, review, suggestion, or question about the story, of course always with respect.
So yeah. That's all for now.
Bye Bye.