After getting an explanation from Aizawa about what a hero does and the responsibilities one has to take, he told me about more cases to look up for myself, they were more about how heroes helped in disasters or just how they defused bad situations like suicides, hostages, and the like.
After a long explanation, he told me to explain the Super Dash technique to him. He somewhat got it, but it wasn't something like an immediate improvement.
"I can see why you can only do it… Not just your body, but your mind is special too." Aizawa said after telling him how to do it.
Either way, he just kept on practicing the breathing technique by himself once I checked that he was doing it right. I went to my room, I finally had a computer and phone to use and for sure I was gonna search for something.
I turned the computer on and... Google has changed to Gooogle….
Why?
I wasn't a computer person before, I usually read manga in physical format and not in digital. Aidan did try to introduce me to computers so I at least know some websites and most of the basics.
So I searched Baki on Gooogle
…
…
…
{ZERO RESULTS}
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[Next Day]
"Why do you look like that?" Aizawa asked me as he saw me brushing my teeth and my bloodshot eyes…
"... I lost my source of power…" At my response, he just shrugged off and went outside as he didn't think about it being important. He said something about a meeting but I was suffering too much because of my loss so I didn't even hear him…
It took me half a day to recover from my shock. I started to search for other things that I knew from my era. I searched for the songs that Big Sis would play during her workouts. I would only listen to the music that my Uncle did but Big Sis said that it was too old school and so she introduced me to AC/DC and other bands that I barely remember, I only remember the songs.
After searching for anything I could remember, I couldn't find any songs that I liked although I found some from Michael Jackson… That dude is somehow timeless.
Not being satisfied with the music department of this era I went to search shows and other manga or comics... Nothing, I couldn't recognize any of the shows/comics I watched or read. All of the entertainment has been contaminated with the hero stuff which didn't surprise me that much, for the time I've been outside I could see the face of many heroes on products marketing and other things. I've eaten many candies with All Might's face in them.
A lot of information has been lost in time, but not the concept of entertainment in itself thankfully. There are still events like Christmas, Halloween, Black Friday, Dia De Los Muertos, and many more. But they changed just slightly of course, the one that was more affected was the Olympics, because of the manifestation of quirks, it became a superhuman competition instead of normal humans at peak physique, so the Olympics was replaced with the U.A Sports Festival, at least in Japan that is. Funny thing is that it is made by the top Hero School of Japan and not by some sports company.
'I remember when Aidan took me to a manga convention thingy, he made me wear some sort of hat that was tattered on the back and a school uniform with a chain on its collar. He said that I looked perfectly like a certain character because of my strong jaw, black hair, and big frame. People swarmed me like moths to a flame because of that… Fun times.'
Either way, I spent all day glued to the computer searching for anything that I remembered. "Damn, I might have to make my own music at this point…"
I erased all my searches just in case, it would be a bit suspicious if someone were to look at it.
After that, I went on to search about the cases that Aizawa told me about. I also started to read about most of the heroes in the rankings, my brain can pick up information incredibly quickly so studying wasn't a problem, the same for remembering most things. MOST being the keyword...
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[Next Day]
I studied a bit more and then went on to search about the "Age of Chaos" which happened because of the manifestation of quirks. This thing was the supposed reason why a lot of media and info was lost.
The thing was pretty straightforward and it even happened in just less of a decade after my death actually.
The first instance of quirk manifestation was in Qing Qing City, China. A newborn baby had the ability to radiate light from his body.
There was a theory about it being a virus that was carried by mice, but such theory had little evidence. With these new powers appearing everywhere, it brought a lot of crime and the government had a lot of trouble with it, it just couldn't take care of all, so civilians decided to stand up for themselves and they became vigilantes. Following those events, criminals became "villains" and vigilantes became "heroes", the government then implemented the idea of making heroes an actual job.
Now you need a license to call yourself a hero or you will be seen as a vigilante which is considered illegal now.
Aside from all that, during the age of chaos there was a certain someone who people saw as a "God" while others saw him as the "Devil" but it became more of an urban legend now, although there was someone else apparently, there is little about him but supposedly he was so feared that the government surrendered to him or something…? that's a myth of course, it has to be...
/Author: Not copy-pasting Yujiro Hanma, don't worry LMAO/
The world during that time was complicated… or rather simple, the strong survive and the weak die. Even if the quirkless were weak compared to the ones with one, it must've been the same, strongest of the weak to survive or something, right? Is that why this body has abnormally high potential? As only the top of the crop made it out...
Aizawa is certainly strong despite having a small frame, he could probably have a chance against the old me. 'Thinking about it, he has quite a strong belief, I could tell that when he was telling me what a hero does. He is also kind of a training junkie like me, with the days I've been with him I can say that with absolute confidence… so shouldn't he have broken his limiter? Or is it just absurdly hard for people with quirks…? I will think more about that later.'
I also learned that after the government created the system for heroes, it became illegal to even use your quirk in public spaces. You need a quirk permit if you want to use your quirk in public or at your job even if you don't do hero work. There was a heated debate about such a system and still has kept going up until now, which is that people's quirks are more than just an extra arm per say, they are more than that, almost like their personality, so not allowing them to use their quirk will end up in a disaster. One can only have so much pent-up frustration as their quirk is made to be used.
Then there was another debate about "villainous" quirks, but that is another entire mess that I wasn't gonna pay attention to as I've been studying for 2 days now. It was just studying and not some heavy workout so I wasn't tired.
"Time to go outside," I said as I stood up and did some stretches.
During my time studying, I was actually doing air chair exercises all the time. It has become a habit now as I realized that I get a bit uncomfortable if I spend a lot of time without movement… I guess that happens because I spent 3 years of continuous activity so it feels weird to just not do something.
I will try to not do it when I'm eating at least, the same case for the weights, I haven't taken them off. Aizawa has bought new ones for himself so apparently, these are mine now.
Aside from studying I did almost nothing else except for eating and helping Aizawa with the breathing technique.
I opened the window and saw that it was barely evening. So I left the apartments with clothes that cover my limbs completely and bandages on my shoulders just in case, I was told to not do hero stuff so I will just "accidentally" let them fall on the ground and "maybe" trip a villain who just "coincidentally" happens to step on them.
I still had some money on me so I went to the NR Naruhata shopping district. I ate a lot of candies by now but I have yet to try some ice cream and drinks. While walking into the store I could feel some gazes on me because of my looks but I ignored them all. The bandages made me look like I gave up halfway on a mummy cosplay.
When I came out of the store I felt a peculiar feeling.
'I've felt like this 2 times, and those times it had something to do with the Trigger thing… But now it somehow feels worse. I should find a way to train this kind of thing and I could maybe have something akin to future sight.'
The bad premonition I was having became reality quite fast, I was expecting that maybe there would be terrorists and suddenly they would inject themselves with Trigger or something but…
*Bzzzt*
Bees? A bunch of bees could be seen around, once they entered my 23m range I could detect them more clearly. Their structure is weird, their abdomen was actually something more of a syringe and the liquid inside was definitely Trigger.
A man was stung by one of the bees and his quirk went out of control. From then on it became more of a chain reaction as the bees kept stinging people.
"WHAT IS THAT!!!!" "H-HELP!"
*CRASH!*
"I CAN'T CONTROL IT!!"
"BE CAREFUL DON'T GET CLOSE"
*SMASH!*
"MOM!" "AAAAHH!" " WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" "STOP!"
Chaos erupted, some people grew 3 times their size and became monsters, others shot lasers out of their eyes uncontrollably, another's limbs became big swords or took different shapes, some couldn't even call for help as they spitted fire or other elements out of their mouths.
There were many people affected and yet there were many of the bees left. What should I do? Can I take care of the bees and the civilians at the same time?
Thankfully, before I could make a decision I heard someone scream. "WHOA!! A WHOLE MESS OF HEROES ARE COMING!!" Although they were too far away to detect them, I saw the heroes in their way. Endeavor, Midnight, Present Mic, Best Jeanist, and even Aizawa who was finally using his goggles that were hidden under his bandages.
So I knew what I had to do. I took off my weights and just left them there as I just didn't have time to take care of them since they would only slow me down. I went to a trash can and picked up a few bottles then I ran towards the bunch of bees that have yet to sting anyone. It wasn't hard to capture a few, I opened the lid of the bottle and caught some of the bees with Trigger inside them.
The bees seemed to have some type of hivemind which would be normal if it wasn't because they tried to avoid me. Bees are some petty bastards which I learned the hard way, they will fight you to the bitter end so it was obvious now that they are being controlled by some quirk.
I killed the bees as I already captured a few for evidence, there were a few that would try to sting me, although Trigger affects quirks, it was unknown what it could do to someone without one so I didn't let them touch me. I had my bandages around the bottles with bees in them, I couldn't leave the bottles lying around so I used almost all my bandages trying to make sure that they couldn't escape by making one big bundle with all of them.
The bees started to flee but I followed them. I looked back and saw that the heroes were already restraining the victims.
While chasing the bees I had to run through alleyways and jump on roofs trying to lose me but I was persistent and I definitely reduced their numbers. But they started to go higher where my mobility was restricted as I had no foothold in the sky.
"Smart."
There were only 3 left but they were almost impossible to kill. I don't know when but I ended up in an abandoned neighborhood after following them. The buildings had some years in them as they had even plants growing in their cracked walls.
The bees managed to escape from my range as they went through cracks in the walls. I could go through the walls by just tackling or punching my way through but I still lost speed.
I was frustrated about losing them until I heard incoherent screaming all around me. Soon, 3 people entered my range of detection and I could say that they were stung as they moved almost like animals, one looked like hulk who skipped leg day, the other one was a skinny man that had blue skin, and the last one who gave me the feeling of danger the most was a man with blue aura around him… I noticed that they weren't attacking each other like the hair thug from back then.
I had the bundle of bottles with bees in them on my back, so I just threw it away and saw their reaction… Nothing, they paid no attention to it, so this meant one thing for sure, I was their target. I kept a bottle on me just in case though...
I pressed the button on the electronic tagging in my pocket to send a signal. I ran for almost half an hour so the police or heroes may come in 10 minutes max. Making a call would be dumb as I have no time for it.
Which meant that I had to stall for time until then… or at least I would if it wasn't the perfect time to try something.
A do or die situation.
Although my body has technically already gone through that, it was mostly my instincts doing it without me actually doing anything consciously.
'I might really die if I don't do this right.'
With a deep breath, I suppress my Spiritual Sense completely. Aizawa said that I couldn't be complacent with my strength as it would stagnate my growth and one thing that I've depended on all the time was my Spiritual Sense.
As I did that, my instincts were screaming at me as if telling me to stop.
In my past life, in my first do or die situation I realized how weak I was and how horrifying it was to let someone die because of such weakness… In my new body's past memories, such situations were seen as something erratic or uncomfortable as my instincts took the reins of my body since I denied myself from consciously doing it, and from then they slowly made the decisions for me… But now, that feeling has completely changed.
Ignoring my instincts warnings, I willingly look at death in the face with a huge smile on mine and my blood boiling out of excitement for one reason, either I become STRONGER or DIE.
The feeling that one gets when their life's on the line, huh.... oddly enough it makes me feel more alive than ever before, this body sure is special...I think that I might be getting that Battle Junkie Syndrome that Big Sis had...
Next chap is gonna be a whole lot of fighting.
Little note: So… As an amateur writer, I used a lot of inspiration from those stick fights that I used to see in that forgotten app from my DSi where people made cool drawings. (damn I feel old…)
LMAO just wanted to say that.
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I looked at the 3 men in front of me, the first one to charge at me was the big one, he seemed to be able to accumulate energy as his arm grew unnaturally and tried to strike me. I respond with a strike of my own, a Mach Punch.
Was I really competing with him in strength? YES, I can't always evade as there will be times where I have to protect others, if I want to become strong then I must be able to compete with or take strong strikes head on.
*BAM!*
When our fists met, our feet sank deep into the concrete, even though instead of meeting knuckle to knuckle I twisted my fist slightly to meet my knuckles against his fingers to reduce the shock, I could still feel the recoil of our confrontation going through my body and rattle my bones. I pushed forward with more force and made the big guy retreat but I saw the blue one at the corner of my eye.
/Author: Baki does the knuckle thing in his first fight against Hanayama/
My instincts rang like a bell and I felt as if my face was burning, so I ducked and just in time...
*swish*
I heard the air make a sharp sound right after I ducked, my long hair was cut off, my ponytail ended up as just loose hair barely reaching my shoulders. The skinny man was fast and had something like knives instead of hands.
For some reason, the man with a blue aura around him was just watching as if waiting for something. It didn't matter to me that much for now as I had enough with 2 for now.
The big guy would just try to smash me to a pulp but I wouldn't retreat and instead, I responded with my best Mach Strikes, while the blue one tried to cut me and managed to do it a few times but somehow I kept up with him using Super Step while fighting off the big guy.
When I pushed the big guy back, the one with the blue aura shot some kind of laser which I had to evade by stepping back, but that's when the skinny one came behind and attacked my feet forcing me to jump and evade. The big guy took the chance while I was airborne and...
*BANG!!*
*CRASH* x3
I managed to put my arms in front of my face before getting hit by the hulk guy. I went through an entire building rolling like a ragdoll so my sense of balance was a bit messy. When I entered another building through a wall I regained my balance by digging my fingers through the floor which stopped my momentum.
Despite blocking the attack I felt somewhat dizzy with blood coming out of my nose. I went through 3 walls… maybe 4 if I didn't stop myself, but stood up soon after which saved my life as when I got up, the world suddenly slowed down… I unconsciously covered my neck with my arms, *swish* the sound of muscles being stabbed resounded in the building, my right arm was punctured by the speedster's hand knives.
His attack didn't cut off my arm but it was somewhat deep, I flexed my muscles as hard as I could and the speedster found it hard to take his arms back, with my other hand I grabbed both of his wrists, he was skinny so even if my hand wasn't that big it was enough for this, I kicked his feet making him lose balance and threw him over my shoulder slamming him on the ground.
*WHAM!*
He tried to land his feet before his back reached the floor, but he underestimated my strength and fell harder than he thought, with the air escaping out of his lungs, he couldn't even scream. And just in case…
*wack*
A kicked his jaw to knock him out.
'Speedster out, I got a lot of cuts on my body because of him, although they aren't that much of a problem as I can stop any bleeding with adrenaline but still...'
"AAAGHH$%#"
*SMASH*
I heard the big guy screaming and going through the walls of the other building, before I could go to him I suddenly felt my right side burning again.
Super Step.
*ZAP* /Author: I don't know what noise a laser makes.../
A laser went past where I was, I could still feel the heat of the laser even if it just grazed at me, I saw the man of blue aura with his hand extended towards me and a scornful look on his face as he saw the speedster on the ground out cold.
'He seems to keep some rationality, "some" being the keyword.'
He looked back at me and shot more lasers. They were quite fast, not at the speed of light but not easy to dodge. While I kept evading while trying to get close to him, the hulk guy came smashing through a wall behind me and immediately tried to strike me. With his sudden appearance, the laser villain had time to move into a better position.
The building that we were fighting in, had a second floor with an opening to the first one so the laser dude took the high ground and got out of my range, I couldn't get close to him before defeating the other one.
During my confrontation with the big villain, the other one would shoot at my feet or near and made me lose foothold, therefore, losing momentum on my attacks.
*POW!*
I was being pushed back, there were trails on the ground as my feet slid on it, my knuckles were a bloody mess, the same for my elbows which I began to use more as it meant that I would be extra close to my opponent and that in turn made the one shooting lasers to be careful about not hurting his partner.
The fight was in a sort of stalemate but I knew that even if I wasn't getting tired, I was accumulating damage. I decided to take the big guy to a smaller building where he couldn't get help.
So with this in mind, I intentionally block his attack by crossing my arms in front of me while doing a horse stance. Blocking was different than getting hit directly, yet I felt like I was hit by a truck.
*BANG*
*CRASH* x2
Lucky me, I ended up inside another but smaller building, and the shape wasn't rectangular like the other one, this one had more of a cylinder shape. My body felt numb after going through 5 walls and taking hits head on from the big guy. 'I think my arms are fractured… and I also have some cracked ribs but they are still in place… Seems that it's time to use my legs.'
I stood up and spit some blood that came out of my mouth. 'Internal bleeding? It's been a while since I had that.' I thought with a weird smile on my face.
I felt the hulk dude's presence running at top speed towards me, it was difficult to ignore a big guy like him since he screams a lot and his steps are loud.
Soon after the big guy, bloodied and bruised just as I am, came at me full throttle and tried to hit me with an uppercut. I got an idea the moment he came at me like that, I concentrated the best I could for this moment, I was looking at his fist coming towards me in slow motion, 'If I fail I will die for sure…' with that thought, a refreshing smile appeared on my face, I could hear my heart beat inside my head getting louder and louder as the punch in front of me became slower and slower.
/Author: Get ready for some anime bullshit./
In the last moment, I jumped and used both of my legs to take the hit, then used the uppercuts momentum to jump towards a wall. With that extra momentum, I didn't crash on the wall, I slid across it in circles and kept building more speed until I ended on the ceiling, then I used Super Dash to shoot towards him like an artillery shell making the ceiling tremble despite training the technique to not do that, the extra force was that strong.
*BOOM*
He saw me coming towards him and got in a punching position. During our confrontations I noticed that he wouldn't retreat and fight head on, I did the same so both of us never retreated even if one of us was pushed back we would stand up and keep fighting head on. So I guessed that he would put his all into his attack like me.
Sure enough, his arm grew to the point that the rest of his body reduced in size but his arm looked like it was gonna blow up. I was rotating in the air creating more momentum for myself and at the last moment, I put all the power I built up into an axe kick. But at the last moment, I felt my right side burning again...
*ZAP*
*SMASH!*
The whole building trembled when our strikes met, any desks and chairs that were left in the abandoned building were sent flying because of the shockwave. When the smoke and debris cleared out, the big guy could be seen unconscious in the middle of a 10m radius crater with a broken arm. I was standing outside of the crater with a burn mark on my right side. I kept on with my attack and partly took the laser as I slightly twisted while airborne to avoid serious injury.
I looked at my side to see the blue aura guy with an expression full of rage, he didn't talk rubbish like the others who had been stung by the Trigger drug. He really was different.
Before I could contemplate more about him, I saw him raising both of his hands and my instincts rang incredibly loud as never before. Although my leg felt numb because of the last confrontation, I still managed to move out of the way.
Super Step.
*ZAAAP*
The laser was a lot wider than before and almost took down the entire building because it literally erased an entire side of it. It grazed the big guy on the ground but didn't kill him, I managed to evade it but I could feel the heat of the laser, even the side of the building that he shot at was still melting by the sudden increase of temperature.
I took a deep breath, I started to run around him at my best speed but he kept shooting me and following my movement without a problem.
I kept running with Super Step trying to get out of his sight by going between and behind obstacles. I noticed that he wasn't shooting lasers as fast as before… I would've tried to wait and test again if he could shoot the big laser but I was running out of time, the heroes or police would arrive in a minute or so…
'Time to gamble.'
I got the same feeling again, a smile from ear to ear spread on my face, my heartbeat was resounding in my head, my blood was boiling… I somehow felt that now, I could do anything if I put my mind into it.
I got out of my cover and used Super Dash to get close to him with the intention of finishing things quickly, as I got close to him time slowed down and I saw a smirk slowly appear on his face… I was going as fast as I could but it didn't seem like I could reach him before getting shot...
…
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-Kido...
-Hm? Y-yes, Uncle?
-Listen, I know how it feels when the world is unfair and it just doesn't make sense, but… IF SO WHAT??
-????
-Listen Alan, Will you give up without really trying? Will you stop doing something because you learn slower than others? Will you stop trying anything without proving yourself? When things don't seem to be going like you wanted, Will you... just stop?
-...
-...
-...no...
-Mm? What was that?
-No.
-Louder.
-I won't stop trying.
-LOWDER!
-I'M NOT GIVING UP!
-EXACTLY, BREAK EVERY FUCKING MUSCLE AND BONE IF YOU NEED TO, MAKE SURE TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL, HELL!!! DO 200% OF WHAT SHOULD BE DONE. SO DON'T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT!!! FOR FUCK SAKE!!!
SHOW ME.THAT YOU.ARE MY GODDAMN NEPHEW!!!
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…
…
'SHIT!! IF IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST DO MORE THAN THAT!!!"
My muscles started the cycle of relaxation again, the time around me didn't just slow down but it truly came still like a picture.
'FASTER!'
My body was leaning forward with the intention of going all out no matter what was in my way. In a relaxation state that I would've normally faint, I didn't know how I was even conscious at that point.
'STRONGER!!'
My muscles started to snap back together slowly, even if it felt slow now I knew that this was the fastest I've ever done it. My entire being started to shake because of the tension and the power I suddenly exerted.
'BREAK EVERYTHING IF YOU NEED TO!!!'
Breaking my body quite literally by putting more and more tension, I felt my muscles tearing apart and bones starting to crack.
'SO DON'T FUCKING FAIL HERE!!!!'
I felt my body heating up and my heart pounding as if it would burst out of my chest, somehow I felt as if my entire being was set on fire, as if a little flame suddenly became a flaming inferno, it didn't hurt for some reason… But with this, even if it was for 1 second, my power and speed skyrocketed.
*BOOOM!!!*
The end result was me going at a speed that my senses were incapable of following, but the last thing I saw was the laser villain with a terrified expression and then trying to make some kind of wall from his aura.
*CRASH!!* x5
My vision was nothing but a blur after that, for the first time in years I felt lightheaded, I smelled nothing but blood, my whole body was numb, there was an iron-like taste in my mouth, and there was ringing in my ears.
When I came to my senses I realized that I was outside on the street lying on my back. I tried to stand up but my body barely responded by moving just an inch. I turned my head around and saw the aftermath of my tackle… I went through 2 buildings and the one we were inside of was half crumbled to the ground. The 2 last buildings that I went through had a hole that looked like a train came out of them or something. They were miraculously still standing.
I stopped suppressing my Spiritual Sense and saw everything around me, I realized that it has grown up to 33 meters. The blue aura guy was 10m away from me completely out cold, he was folded like a chair despite making a shield of energy to stop my tackle.
Anyway…. My body is a mess as almost all my bones were broken and muscles were almost completely torn... I will be scolded for sure, I hope that I can be healed before meeting my parents.
But...
"BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHH!!"
Any of that doesn't matter now, Why? Because I feel like I can keep growing stronger again.
Even with all the accumulated damage, I'm actually not that tired, I still have at least 60% of my stamina despite the bleeding.
I just had to wait for people to come, so I just began to contemplate the battle I just went through. One thing I learned is that my instincts aren't as good as I thought when it comes to fighting people with quirks. I need more experience fighting people of this era since the quirks are a new X factor for me, they are different from guns from my past life. If I fight a person with just super strength then I can easily win, I'm confident in that much.
But my instincts still did save me a few times, I just would prefer having better control over them. I should also try to improve my normal senses as it does complement my now newly expanded detection range. And lastly, that feeling of my body heating up and my heart almost coming out of my chest, it somehow brought a lot of power out of nowhere… I will try it again later on.
Aside from all that, I'm officially a battle junkie… or a thrill-seeker? Big Sis used to call me a training junkie but that was because I trained a lot of course since the feeling of pushing that old body of mine to the limit made me feel alive, but now I'm both I guess? Well, whatever title I could be called now, I know for sure that the feeling I got in those do or die situations was different from the old me. Such situations used to feel tense and erratic, but now I think it's something I can look forward to.
While I contemplated my new discoveries, I could hear some police sirens from far away.
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Author: So… did I use the *sound* thingy properly? Please do tell since I don't really know if I should use them or just describe the attacks.
Also, what kind of soundtrack/ost do you listen to when you read/watch fights?
Personal Favorites are:
Through My Blood (Hiroyuki Sawano)
BEASTFUL (Grandrodeo)
Sorry if the bad guys names change, but there was no actual way to give them names as they wouldn't be monologuing about their past, you know? By the way, next chap may take a week.
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