Well, Hello there again.
This time we have the fourth chapter of the story.
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 4:
Vigilante arc Part 2.
Villain encounter and dirty job.
Another year passed (Yamikumo is 13 years old right now) and some stuff had change in Yamikumo's life.
First, his Vigilante alter-ego has won more popularity between the community, the name "Headhunter" is now well known thanks to all the duties he has done, a lot of people had talked about a mysterious vigilante named Headhunter saving people and doing good deeds. Even though his popularity has incremented, his identity is still a mystery, nobody besides other vigilantes know his identity, he always makes sure his face is covered with his face mask and makes sure no one follows him.
In the bad side, Pop Step and The Crawler hadn't been really active ultimately and they hadn't hanged out in their civilian lives either, they say that they are in some kind of investigation about something and if they need his help, they'll contact him the sooner they can.
On the good side, his relationship with Kinoko had increased, he considers her a really close friend and is mutual, their trust had got to the point that he told her about his past, him being adopted, the Riverdale Incident, and his current civilian life with the Atanagi. The only thing he didn't tell her is about his Vigilante life, principally because he doesn't know how she will react about it, but he thinks about telling her someday in the future.
His relationship with the Atanagi still practically the same, he considers them, the closest to a family and they consider him something close to a son, the only thing is that the Combat Zona had won more popularity and they are busier than before.
Right now, he was patrolling in a neighborhood where heroes usually don't patrol, he was jumping through some buildings when he heard a female scream near some alley. He quickly runs to the place only to find a darkened figure holding a women hostage. He was going to act but the anonymous figure start talking.
- "Good. I was expecting you to come Headhunter. I have something to talk with you."-
- "I'm here to save that woman from you. Not to talk."-
- "I know. But are you sure you will be able to save her before I can do something to her?" – Said the figure and then summoning a small blue flame near the woman's face. The flame wasn't strong enough to reveal the villain identity.
- "Shit. This isn't good. I can't control his fire and I won't be able to save her without her suffering an injury."-
- "But don't worry I don't have any intentions to harm this woman, at least not this time. I have a proposition to you. I'll leave this person go unharmed, but you'll listen to all I have to say. What do you think?"-
- "I guess I don't have other options and if I have, I don't see any." "Fine, but don't try anything funny." –
After this answer the villain let the girl go and then the girl started running away from the place.
- "There you go. Now you'll listen to me. Right?"-
- "Yes. Now hurry up."-
- "I see you are a man of word." – The figure started to laugh and revealed himself. The villain was a fairly tall, pale young man of a slim, somewhat lanky build, described to be in his early twenties. He has black hair that spikes upward around his head, hanging low over his eyes, which are thin, turquoise in color, and heavily lidded. His most striking features are undoubtedly the patches of gnarled, wrinkled, purple skin that cover much of his lower face and neck, all the way down past his collarbone, below his eyes, around his torso, and on his arms and legs. He has several silver cartilage piercings in both ears, and a triple nostril piercing on the right side of his nose. He also seems to be lacking earlobes on both sides of his ears upon closer inspection. he wears a dark blue jacket with a high, ripped collar, and matching pants, cut off above his ankles, a pair of dark dress shoes on his feet. He also has a plain pale gray, scoop-neck shirt, below which a gray belt with a circular pattern wraps around his waist, a leather satchel attached at the back.
- "Let´s talk Headhunter."-
- "What in the world happened to him? Maybe his body can't resist his quirk. But anyways, this is horrible." "I see you know me."-
- "My name is Dabi and I need you to do some work for me."-
- "Why do you think I'll help you"-
- "I think you don't have any choice. Yamikumo Atanagi."
After hearing those words Yamikumo was shocked, how did he know his identity, nobody knows that, not even his adoptive parents or Kinoko.
- "What? How- How did he..?" –
- "How do I know? I've been watching you since the Combat Zone. You have the same name that you used there. It only took me some time investigating to find out who you are. I have to say that it's a smart tactic. It's so obvious that nobody would think abut it." –
- "So, you know my identity. And what are you gonna do? Go to the police? You are a villain."-
- "Maybe I can pay a visit to that girl you talk too much with"-
- "Don't you ever try go near her! Fine! What do you need?"-
- "That's more like it. You see, there's some guy who has some information that I need. Your job is to take this USB and make a copy of all his files then proceed to erase any local copy and then give the information to me. Easy, right?"-
- "Okay, questions. What is this information about? Why do you need it? And who is this "Guy" you're talking about?"-
- "First, you don't care. Second, you don't care. Lastly the guy's name is Ibiki Morino, he's the boss of some trashy gang, the information is in his laptop, the folder name is Next Project, you can find it in his home. I need to warn you about his guard. He has some mercenary hired to protect this information. You have a week to accomplish this. I'll meet you here. You don't want to fail this. Now if you excuse me, I'll be leaving."
After this, in a second Dabi disappeared. Leaving Yamikumo with one question.
- "How am I gonna do this?"-
A day has passed, and the night has arrived. Yamikumo was in the top of a house near the objective's house.
The house was actually a big mansion. Probably bought with illegal money. According too Dabi's information the laptop was somewhere in the bedrooms. The good thing is that thanks to Ibiki's corruption with some police agents he could use his quirk inside the mansion. Even though Dabi didn't gave him any map or something the house design was similar to the Riverdale's mansion, the one he used to live in so this shouldn't be a hard job.
He quickly sneaks in through a window that was conveniently open, he landed discreetly in the floor and used his stealth to his advantage and move without any guard/mercenary noticing.
He quickly found the laptop with all the information and started the download.
- "20 minutes for the archives to be ready"-
The job was resulting easy, but he heard a sound outside the bedroom. Scared because someone might find him, he put the laptop (still downloading) on his backpack and proceed to look outside the door.
What a terrible mistake, as soon as he goes out the room, he is surprised by a big hammer hitting him in the side of his body.
He is thrown away by the hit and smashes in the wall. Then lights turn on and some voice is heard.
- "So. You are this intruder."- It was Ibiki and at his side was a big dude with a giant war hammer in his hands, the guy in question was big and muscular and had some type of samurai armor on.
- "Titan. Kill him. Then recover the laptop. Do whatever you want with him."
The giant now identified as Titan charged towards him meanwhile Ibiki just leaves. Yamikumo tried to avoid the charge, but Titan was really fast for someone his size. He tackled him through the wood wall, and both ended in a training room.
- "I see now why Dabi wanted me to do this job. Ibiki already knew that someone is trying to get this information. Maybe I'm not the first one Dabi used."- He then proceeds to feel his backpack. – "The computer still good, good thing my backpack has some extra protection"-
Yamikumo then proceeded to launch some fire at Titan but the giant didn't even flinch. Titan unleashed a battle cry and with an amazing speed swinged Yamikumo with the Warhammer.
- "My attacks don't seem to work. It might be his quirk."-
- "Hahaha. Do you like it? Titan is my best guard. Thanks to his quirk he is unstoppable."- It was Ibiki's voice, it was heard through a megaphone.
Titan.
Quirk: Placebo.
His quirk allows him not to feel any kind of damage. It should be noted that despite its quirk, any damage can be done, he only does not feel any type of effect.
- "This isn't good. I just need to resist enough time for the download to be ready."-
Titan charged again another hammer attack, but this time Yamikumo was able to avoid it. He then proceeds to move a boxing bag with his telekinesis and launch it at Titan. Even though the attack didn't do much, it was enough to slow down Titan, Yamikumo then launched some fire to the floor beneath Titan, successfully burning it and making Titan fall to the lower floor.
- "This isn't gonna stop him. I must find a way out of here. I'll find a way to get rid of the laptop later."-
Yamikumo started running to the stairs to get to the exit, but he was surprised by the appearance of two individuals.
- "You got through Titan, but he isn't the only one I have. I present to you the Akazi Brothers" – It was Ibiki talking again.
Juugo and Karin Akaze.
Quirk: Porcupine.
Both brother and sister have the same quirk it allows them to grow thorns and shoot them to any objective like a projectile.
The Akazi started to shoot some thorns at him. He quickly summoned a fire wall for protection and stared running the other way.
- "If I can´t go down. I'll go up. I might find a way out on the roof."-
Before he could get to the stairs, from the wall beside him appeared Titan again, he tackled him again trough the wall (again) and ended up in the backyard.
After hitting the ground Yamikumo saw how Titan and the Akazi brothers reunited to fight him.
- "Well. I'm out. But now I must find a way to defeat them. Wait…"- Yamikumo now paid attention to Titan. His armor was now broken and some of his burned skin can be seen… Wait, burned?
- "His skin is burned. Maybe from my attacks. That means that he can be damaged. Maybe his quirk prevents him from feeling it, but he can still be damaged."- He looked at his now unmasked face and was shocked with what he saw. "His mouth is sewn. He looks like he is suffering. Does the Akazi brothers are the same. They are only toys for Ibiki. I have to put the out of their misery."-
After those thoughts Yamikumo drew his Katana, lit up his left arm and prepared for the second round against Titan and The Akazi Brothers with only one question.
- "How am I gonna defeat them?" -
To be continued.
Author Notes:
So here we are. I hope you like it.
A little bit of cliffhanger is good. But don't worry I'm writing the next chapter right now, so I'll have it in a couple of hours.
So, Dabi makes an appearance and wants Yamikumo to do something to him.
What do you think this information is about?
Maybe you'll recognize the name Ibiki Morino but if you don't, I'll explain it.
I inspired Ibiki Morino from Naruto the name is from a character from the Anime/Mango of Naruto.
The other characters are completely original and their quirk too.
The next part will be the conclusion of the fight and Yamikumo will encounter another important character.
What do you think about the Fightning scenes? Are they good? Bad? What can I do to improve them?
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.