Chương 79: The Spider to the Fly
Reina looked at the man fearfully as she stood armed and ready. Honestly, anyone in her position would just turn tail and run the other way, though she knew she couldn't do that. She wasn't going to leave anyone behind, friend or even foe she would still save them.
Though she couldn't help but admit that she was shocked to hear that he knows her name too. She found it to be curious as to why and how he knew it.
Her and Katsuki had their guard as the man sauntered towards them.
"Well I'll be damned…" Stain said amusingly, "... You even have that same look as she does now. There might be hope for you yet, Reina even if you attend that school."
"... You know my name?" Reina asked him.
"Oh I know more than just your name, believe me. I wonder if you know how to truly wield that blade in your hands? I'd like to find that out for myself."
"Quit talking psycho!" Katsuki shouted, as his hands sparked, "Come at us with everything you got!"
Stain shot a look over to Katsuki, "I wasn't talking to you boy."
"WHAT IS WITH EVERYONE IN CALLING ME BOY!?" Katsuki exclaimed angrily, "DO I EVEN LOOK LIKE A SHITTY BRAT TO ANYONE!?"
"Katsuki-kun!" Reina said to him softly, making him flinch, "Just stay calm. Remember, Native-san, Iida-san and Chou-chan are here. We can't hurt them more than they already are."
Katsuki only clicked his tongue at this.
"Katsuki?" Stain said, before it hit him, "Oh, you're the child from the Sports Festival that I saw on TV. The one who was tied to the podium like a ravaged animal."
Katsuki felt a vein pop at this as he looked to him still with a glare though he had a smile on, "Say that to me again one more time, and see what the hell happens!"
"This is between me and her." Stain said, gesturing to Reina, "Either you can stay out of it, or you can die by my hands."
"Hey, that's normally my line you bastard." Katsuki told him, "And how about you leave the girl alone!"
Stain only drew his blade, "Very well, if that's your decision. Don't blame me if you get killed."
"Be on your toes Katsuki-kun." Reina said to him softly, "We still don't know what kind of Quirk he has."
"I got it." Katsuki replied, before he saw the blades he had been equipped with, "I don't know why, but something tells me we oughta avoid getting wounded by this guy."
"Yeah." She said, looking at his swords as well, looking skeptical, "I was thinking the same thing."
Tenya soon spoke up as he tried his best to move, "Reina-kun, Bakugou-kun! You two have to leave here! This is--"
"Shut up four eyes!" Katsuki yelled, "We ain't leaving besides we just got here!"
"Just leave him to us Iida-san." Reina said, giving him a smile, "We'll be okay."
"That's not--!" Tenya started to say.
"Enough talk." Stain said as he drew one of his many blades, "Now show me what you can do--Reina Nouki!"
Reina readied her sword, "Careful what you wish for."
Thus Stain charged at the two with full force as Reina and Katsuki went to counter as they charged.
***
The flames grew more aggressive as well as the electricity around the group. Vivazo and a couple of Nomu's had been sent flying right against a truck and a car as they had been thrown. Vivazo's clothing had been stained with red and what looked to be ink. Floyd, who had his rage mode activated, kept charging in for the kill as he scratched her arm while Vivazo giggled.
She said gleefully, all with a smile, "This is wonderful my darling! I love to see this side of you!"
Floyd said with his voice sounding distorted, "Shut the hell up… This time I'm making you pay!"
Vivazo laughed as she extended her nails with the help of the thinner, "Let's play more! We've got all night after all!"
Floyd jumped up in the air as he went in for another claw attack only to scratch Vivazo on the head.
"Wow Honey bunch, I have to say...you're getting more and more deadlier...just like your aunt!" Vivazo said with a smile.
Floyd stopped midway after hearing this, Vivazo gave a chuckle as she kicked him away before hitting him with her thinner claws.
"Gah!" Floyd cried out as he had been pushed back
"Hey hey! Why did you hesitate?!" Vivazo shouted, "You know how much that turns me off!"
Floyd yelled aggressively, "Does it look like I care?!" He stabbed Vivazo in the side causing her to cough up blood.
"That's the spot, honey.." Vivazo said sadistically
"WE ARE NOT A THING!!" Floyd yelled as he charged at Vivazo with full force with a punch to the face sending her crashing into a building nearby.
Nearby, Izuku and Michiko had been fighting off Crock and the Nomu .
Crock clashing her claws with Michiko's blades and Izuku avoiding the Nomu's punches. The Nomu went in to kick Izuku only for him to dodge, his hero suit got hit with a little bit of Thinner.
"Come on now loves!" Crock said amusingly as she sharpened her blades, "I thought you lot were supposed to be Heroes! But you're nothing but a joke!"
"She's a lot tougher than I thought! Especially with that Nomu she has with her." Izuku said before turning to Michiko, "Eva--I mean Refracted Blade-san! We need to think of something and fast so we can help Floyd-san and then Reina-chan!"
Michiko said, "I agree with Midoriya! It looks like the Bossman is going haywire again!"
"Oh come on, why do you want to leave all the fun!?" Crock said with a gleeful smile, 'You only just got here! Besides, my partner specifically told me to let you two interfere with their love nest!"
Crock charged at the two of them again, attempting to slice off Izuku's head, though Michiko had been quick to intervene. The blade she made from the prism resembles a double edge sword with a pointed razor on the tip; she used it to block Crock's attack.
"Ah man!" Crock said with a laugh, "Talk about a throwback! Isn't that one of the blades that I used to kill someone I used to know? Can't put it on the tip of my tongue though…"
Michiko's eyes widened in horror at this, "Wait what!?"
"Wait…! I remember now it was you!"" Crock said, "You were the girl who was trying to play pretend with your little boyfriend! I thought you were familiar the moment I saw you with Sheila and her knight yesterday!"
Michiko pushed Crock back as her look changed. She said to her, "You knew Chad?"
Crock gave a sadistic smile as her face had been red, "Do I!? Oh I remember him well. He had the most lovely voice for his final song! You should've heard him yourself, it sounded wonderful."
Michiko gripped her fists as she swung the sword at her eyes. Crock had been quick to block though remained unphased, "I've been with many men in my time love, but he was my favorite one of all! You should've heard him scream! Even the way he begged got my heart soaring!"
"Tch..you!" Michiko shouted as she aimed for her ribs.
Crock dodged with ease as she let out a laugh, "Seems like I struck a nerve! Granted it's not as fun as seeing Sheila lose her temper it's still fun to watch the rage burn through you like a flame!"
"Reflected Blade-san!" Izuku shouted, "Don't let her go to your head, she's just trying to get your guard down!"
Michiko grunted as she said "yeah I know."
"Come on then!" Crock said, licking her lips, "Let's see more of it! Let me see the true face of despair as you sing for me!"
Michiko shuddered before she said, "you creep!"
"I take that as a compliment." She said.
"I remember our conversation from earlier when we went to get Violet and Victor-san. Reina-chan said that she was part reptile." Izuku thought to himself, "In other words, she's warm blooded. Anything cold will affect her greatly. If only Todoroki-kun or Fubuki-chan were here, it would be easy. There must be another way we can--"
Izuku soon looked over and noticed what had been nearby; he saw that just a couple of blocks down, there looked to be a store that sold meat, now abandoned due to the chaos. At this Izuku thought of an idea.
"Reflected Blade-san!" Izuku shouted to her, as she had been engaged in combat with Crock once more, "I got an idea!!"
Michiko saw the store as she nodded her head before she kicked her back. She soon taunted at Crock "Hey! Scales! Over here!"
"Scales?" Crock said unamusingly, "You really gotta work on your comeback love!"
Michiko chuckled as she said, "I'm sorry, does lizard breath work?"
Crock's eyebrow twitched, "Lizard breath…?"
Michiko said to her as she swayed her hips a little, what's wrong? Hate it when someone else mocks you? I thought you were gonna show me despair?"
"THAT'S IT!!" Crock yelled, "VIV, I'M TAKING YOUR SISTER'S ARM!!"
Vivazo shouted as she blocked an attack,"Kay! Leave the rest of the body parts though!"
Floyd yelled kicking at Vivazo, "PAY ATTENTION!"
Vivazo said to him as she made kissing sounds, "I will honey! I will!"
Crock soon dashed at Michiko aiming for her arm though she was quick to move. Michiko ran into the meat store, though Crock was too blind in rage to even notice that they did. The lights had been out as Crock had her guard up; she had trouble adjusting to the darkness.
"Where are you, damn bitch?" Crock said.
"Guess lizards can't see in the dark?" Michiko teased, "Weak."
"TCH, KEEP TALKING YOU BLOODY BITCH!" Crock shouted. "Soon as I find you I'll turn you into a glowing kebab!"
Michiko only laughed as she said, "What's stopping ya?"
Crock growled and charged in the direction of the voice, only to trip on herself and her head to get stuck in a bucket. Michiko's laugh echoed throughout the store as she taunted, "What's wrong, reptile? Tripped on something?!"
Crock heard footsteps and followed the sounds with a quick pace as she soon ran towards the back. Crock stopped in her tracks when she didn't hear the sounds.
"Alright, where are you hiding…?" Crock said.
"RIGHT HERE!" Michiko uses her quirk to flash her blades so bright that it blinded Crock as she screamed.
"AGAIN WITH THE BLOODY LIGHT!?" Crock shouted.
"NOW!" Izuku yelled, throwing her a bucket filled with ice water.
Michiko said with a smile, "HEY ALLIGATOR FACE! HERE'S A SHOWER FOR YOU!"
As Michiko kicked the bucket cold ice water began to pour on Crock causing her to scream in agony as she fell to the ground. "Oh you bloody little pricks!" She yelled as she shivered. She tried to get back up only to fall on the ground again.
Michiko said as she flipped Crock off, "How's that, Scales? Not so tough now!"
Izuku soon tied her up with a set of chains he had found nearby, before hanging her off of a vacant hook. "Come on! Let's go help Floyd-san!" He said.
Michiko nodded as she said, "Right!"
With that they left Crock hanging on the hook; though while their backs were turned, Crock couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle; at one point turning to a person standing behind her.
"Nice to know the rats have taken the bait…" She said to herself as she laughed, "This is turning out to be way easier than we thought… Eh… Lady Pitch?"
Floyd looked to be struggling as more and more ink seemed to drip from his nails, to the point where his blood mixed with the ink. Vivazo couldn't help but laugh at this, as she said playfully, "Wow Floydie! I can't believe you're almost not looking so hot! Maybe it's time you surrender and embrace me with your love!"
Floyd gave a soft chuckle as he said "Go to hell.."
Vivazo punched him in the face as Floyd began to stumble and nearly lost his balance.
"Silly Floydie!" Vivazo said to him before she gave of a possessive smile "That's not what I'm looking for..Say I surrender and I Love you, Vivazo for Brownie Poin-"
Floyd delivered a counter punch back to Vivazo knocking one of her teeth out.
"ENOUGH!" He shouted aggressively.
Vivazo stumbled as she giggled "Hey! Now I can give this to the tooth fai-"
She was cut off when she was suddenly cut on the leg by Floyd's claw. He said to her, "I said Enough! What part don't you get?! WE ARE NOT A THING!"
Vivazo's face turned from a crazy smile to an enraged face "WHY?! WHY THE HELL NOT?! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I ALWAYS LOVED YOU?! EVEN SINCE WE WERE KIDS, I WANTED US TO BE TOGETHER SO WHY?! WHY HER? WHY THAT BITCH OUT OF ALL PEOPLE?!"
Floyd stopped midway as he was about to attack, He then said this as he trembled in anger, "Why? Are you serious right now? You think I'm in love with my best friend, Reina-chan?"
"HOW CAN YOU NOT BE!?" Vivazo shouted angrily, "I SEE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT HER! JUST LIKE ONE OF THOSE STUPID CHEESY ROMCOMS WERE THE GUY SEES A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BUT IS ALWAYS COKCBLOCKED BY THE JOCK WITH BLONDE HAIR!"
Floyd twitched at this as images soon passed him by in his head. It was then he saw how Reina truly smiled when she had been around the boy he called his rival… And how he gave a smile not out of anger… But out of happiness.
Something he never thought he'd see in someone like him.
He gave a chuckle as he said, "Well… What do ya know? I guess it really be like that sometimes..Boy sees girl he likes only to find out she likes someone else. Heh, sucks, am I right?"
Vivazo's smile grew wider at this, "Oh? So you've gotten over your crush?! FANTASTIC NOW YOU CAN MOVE ON TO SOMEONE BETTER! Me personally think I have a better chance with you than Miss Muli-"
"Keep dreaming.." Floyd told her "As I said, Harley Quinn-type girls like you… Are not and will never be my type..I can take crazy but not crazy to a point were you become a villain..I mean miss me with that shit."
Vivazo's eyes widened as she started to tear up, "Why...Why don't you love me, Floydie?"
Floyd looked back as he said "Because… Aside from Reina-chan… There's someone else I still love… Although… I'm sure she'll forgive me after what I did to her..looking back at my hands..i guess this form was the cause of all this, after I moved to Japan. I almost killed that son of a bitch at the Sports Festival, hell even scaring the crap out of Michi and Izu..."
He soon looked to the ground.
"If word got out of this or the fact that I became a killer..I'm sure she won't be happy with me..Cross even..And the fact I'll be betraying the very thing UA stood for..." Floyd said with a sigh before a tear came to his eyes "Good grief this turned into a sap fest real quick.."
Another thought came to his mind as he said "Looks like you're mad at me more than ever...huh, Ami-chan?"
Reina soon came into his mind, as he thought of all the times she smiled and how she hung out with him or even how they were insulting each other. A question soon repeated in his head, that Reina herself seemed to have told him as she had his hand out to him as they appeared to be standing on a bridge watching the sun set.
"Hey, Floyd-kun… Let's go to UA together!"
Floyd gave another sigh as he said "Wow, who would have thought I see you in another way...you Vaporwave Head.."
Vivazo's body shook with anger at this; despite her tears she yelled, "ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME?! I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU DON'T LIKE HER THAT WAY?!"
"I'm still not a moron. Or to be more precise… I used to think of her like that, but… I can see her being happy with someone else by her side." Floyd repiled, "Now, I just think of her as family now..something you obviously never heard of or have before."
Vivazo's eyebrow twitched at this before she said with a rageful smile, "YOU--OKAY HONEY HERE COMES THE BDSM PUNISHMENT!"
Floyd's eyes turned as he began punching Vivazo while screaming "KORORORORORORORORORO! KURORORORORORORORORO! KURORORORORORORORORORO! KURORORORORORORORORORO!" As his punches became faster he let out a hollering scream "RADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He continued punching while screaming "KURORORORORORORORORORORORORO! KURO!"
With one last punch, Floyd has sent Vivazo flying towards a leaking gas tank which explodes on contact before going back to Floyd as he delivered one last punch to the face on the ground.
"huh..Well i guess i should name that move let's see...Hmm I'm thinking Heavy Sketch Hands Barrage..Yeah has a nice ring to it.." Before Floyd could say anything he dropped to the ground as his head became woozy. "Oh yeah, I forgot… I lost a lot of blood, didn't I?"
"Floyd-san!"
Floyd flinched at the sound of his name, and he saw that Izuku and Michiko had been running towards him; both of them had worried looks on their faces.
"Are you okay!?" Izuku said hurrying to his side.
"Oh hey Izu..Michi.." Floyd said with a smile, as he started to revert back to normal, "Don't mind me..I just resting for a bit.."
Michiko shouted as she gave him a smack on the head, "NO TIME! WE GOTTA GO SAVE THIS MISS!"
Floyd did his best to stand as he said, "Oh yeah..we can still make it..we got time."
Violet and Victor soon got their attention as they rushed over to their side.
"Hey good news!" Violet said, handing her phone back to Izuku, "We got rid of the bug!"
"Really?" Izuku said, taking back his phone, "Oh thank goodness!"
"Yeah, turns out it wasn't that hard to get rid of!" Victor said.
"Oh I see.." Floyd said in disdain.
Michiko asked the twins, "Do you know where the source came from?"
The twins shook their heads. "If we had more time, we would try to locate the source of the bug." Violet said, "But seeing as how we're in a life or death situation, we don't have the time to worry!"
Floyd soon said, handing them his phone, "yeah let's go help Reina and that pisshead!"
"Sure!" Victor said, "Just give us a minute to--!"
BOOM!
The group jumped as they heard an explosion just behind them; they turned and saw in horror they saw the twins' computer had been burnt to a crisp. "Wha--What?" Victor said, shocked.
"Ou--Our computer--" Violet said.
They soon noticed that particles of ash had been on the computer. They turned to the source of and saw the last person they thought they would see that night. There bodies shook at the sight of a familiar girl bearing stitches and a doll on her belt. Though she appeared to have bandages from the night before.
"Pi--Pitch!?" Izuku exclaimed as he backed up.
"Pitch Black?!" Violet, Victor and Michiko yelled.
Floyd said as his voice shook, "the h-hell are you doing here?!"
They soon noticed Crock standing behind her, and it looked as though nothing happened to her.
Michiko exclaimed, "how is she still standing?!"
Pitch soon looked over to Vivazo who appeared to be on the floor unconscious. "Vivazo…" Pitch said, "... You can stop playing now. Get up."
"Playing?" Izuku said.
Suddenly they heard maniacal laughter as she said while flipping herself upward, "okay Doeky!"
The group jumped as they saw Vivazo had been just fine; the ink that had been on her prior from Floyd's attacks were just dripping off her. Floyd's body shook as he said fearfully, "N-no, that's impossible!"
"Wa--Wait, what's going on!?" Izuku exclaimed, "How are you still standing!? How can you all be--!?"
Crock chuckled, "Would you believe us if we said magic?"
Vivazo added, "movie magic!"
"But, before—" Floyd said, still shocked, "I was hurting you—!"
Vivazo said, showing off her wounds from prior, "Well yeah! I have to say honey..you.left more Marks on me than any other guy did!"
Floyd shook his head, "seriously you are that delusional huh?"
"B-But—" Izuku said, "—I don't understand. Were you the ones that sent the Nomu?"
Pitch shook her head in reply, "These Nomus were provided to us, by my client. We were only hired to assist him in setting the Nomu loose on this city."
"Assist?" He said, "Him?"
"Hang on, what do you—" Michiko started to say.
"—At least that's how it was at first." Pitch said, "Until there was a slight alteration to the plan."
The group had been taken back by this as they looked to Pitch fearfully.
Michiko asked as she gulped "what alteration?"
Crock gave a laugh, "I thought you were supposed to be smart! I'm surprised you haven't figured it out!"
Vivazo added as she teased Michiko, "Come on sister. isn't it obvious?"
"Your not making any sense!" Izuku said, "What are you talking about!?"
Floyd added as he did his best to stand "yeah it's not like you trying to distract us from something"
Pitch only gave Floyd a look in his direction, as she tilted her head slightly like a curious dog. At this his eyes and the Twins behind him, widened in shock.
"Oh my God…" Violet said, "... This whole time…"
"All this time you were just—" Victor said.
Floyd finished for him as he looked petrified, "—Distracting us from what was happening right now..."
"That little boy isn't the only one whose perspective." Pitch commented, "I can see what Vivazo sees in you."
Vivazo said as she hugged Pitch, giving her a quick peck on the cheek, "ain't he a smart pants?!"
"But it still doesn't make any sense!" Izuku said, "You guys are after Reina-chan, and Kaa-chan right?! Why didn't you go after them?!"
Pitch sighed, "... It's true, I would've made that decision and sent my dolls to capture them alive, but… Plans tend to change." She got herself away from Vivazo, though not before giving her a kiss of her own on her cheek as to reward her for a job well done, making Vivazo drool and practically melt, "...A friend of ours were kind enough to let us know that a certain someone, knows of a certain girl personally, and happened to be in Hosu. So… She told us she would give her a message, as to play a game she thought of just for her, so that they would meet."
Crock added as she put her arm on Pitch's head, which she didn't seem phased at, "And all we had to do was to keep any unwanted players out, so that they wouldn't get interrupted."
Vivazo added as she wiped away the drool, "she made the right choice when she said I could play with Floydie"
The group once more had been taken back. Someone send a message, to who? Who could be in Hosu, and who would they want to meet? They couldn't put their finger on it.
All… Except Izuku.
His eyes widened in horror as he soon recalled something in his head, to a conversation they had, earlier that very same day, and a call a certain someone got hours prior.
"Are you sure you guys are talking about the same Virus? Because whoever this person was able to put a bus driver into some sort of a daze, and make his driving look like something out of GTA!"
"You mean that bus you and Reina-chan stopped from crashing?! The Virus did that?!"
"For real?!"
"Ye-Yeah. And he might've called me out on the driver's phone and got a picture of me."
"That's—That's not possible, he left the city years ago! Why would he be back?!"
"—Stay with Iida-san until we get there! Do NOT let him out of your sight no matter what!"
Izuku's skin turned pale as a wave of realization crashed over him; he put two and two together in his head. The person they arranged for her to meet had been—
"The Hero Killer!" Izuku shouted taking the group back, "The Virus forced Reina-chan to meet the Hero Killer Stain!"
The rest looked horrified while Crock and Vivazo chuckled.
"But, that's basically a death sentence!" Victor shouted, "Even for someone like her!"
"I thought she was wanted alive! Why would they do that?!" Violet yelled.
Michiko shouted fearfully, "Out of all people! The Miss!"
Floyd yelled to their leader, "how?! HOW CAN YOU DO THAT HER?!"
Pitch gave a soft laugh as she smiled, "All it takes… Is one bad day Mister Aihara… I wonder if this will be the night… When the girl you know... Falls like we have?"
"Reina-chan!" Izuku said, "We have to get to her!"
Izuku was about to make his way out, though had been stopped when Pitch used a rope made of ash to prevent him from moving.
"Oh no my little kit…" Pitch said to him, "... I didn't give you permission to leave."
"Hey! Let him go!" Floyd shouted as he got one of his Inkswords out to cut the rope but it had been in vain as the swords melted and he fell to his knees.
"Aihara-san!" Victor shouted, "Your ink!"
Floyd said as he went to try again, "I know!"
Pitch soon turned to her comrades, "Crock, Vivazo. Restrain them."
"Yes ma'am." Crock said, breaking out a chain.
"I always wanted to show my hubby my second kink!" Vivazo said gleefully.
At this the group started to panic. "Oh God what do we do!?" Violet exclaimed, "We can't take them on!"
"We have to get to Reina-chan!" Izuku said to them.
"But how!?" Victor shouted, "The moment we touch that water our brains will be flossed! We won't survive with that many volts going through our bodies!"
"Than what's the plan!?" Floyd shouted.
Michiko looked at her surroundings and at that moment , she found a solution as she pointed "I've got one! You're not gonna like it!"
Michiko soon activated her Quirk as she blinded the Dolls. The group had been surprised to see her form a baseball glove made of pure light. Izuku, Floyd, Violet and Victor suddenly found themselves scooped up, before they were tossed into the air, just on the other side of the downed telephone pole; they landed on the ground hard.
"EVANS-SAN!" Izuku exclaimed as he recovered.
Floyd shouted with worry, "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Get to the Miss!" Michiko told them, "I'll hold them off for as long as I can!"
"But what about you!?" Violet shouted.
"I'll be fine!" Michiko replied, "Go!"
"Are you crazy!?" Victor yelled, "They'll kill you!"
"It's okay… Like I told Midoriya before..It's my job to protect both the Bossman and the Miss from harm…" Michiko said, "Now go!"
Floyd gritted his teeth, thinking about it for a moment before telling her, "Promise me you'll come back to us safe and sound.."
Michiko smiled as she nodded, "I will be Bossman! Count on it!"
Pitch saw Izuku, and others leaving as she had recovered from the flash. She couldn't help but look angry, as her expression changed.
"Crock, Vivazo!" She said, "Go after them!"
Vivazo said as she grew her thinner nails again, "With pleasure~"
They were about to jump over when Michiko was quick to hit them away thanks to another weapon she manifested with the help of her Quirk.
"You dare to interfere with us?" Pitch asked her in a dangerous tone of voice to Michiko.
"There's no way I'm letting you hurt the Bossman, the miss and all their friends!" Michiko shouted "IF YOU WANT THEM! YOU GO THROUGH ME!"
"Is that so…?" Pitch said, before she started to control the ash her devices produced, "... Then prepare yourself for your punishment…"
Crock and Vivazo recovered from the attack as they both readied themselves.
"Oh I'm going to enjoy hearing you sing!" Crock said gleefully as she sharpened her blades.
Vivazo said to her sister as she glared with a smile, "You're gonna regret getting in between me and my hubby, sister. Especially when it's not your turn!"
Michiko gave a laugh as she said, "Bring it, bozos. I'll show you what it truly means to be a Vigilante!"
Thus Michiko charged at the three of them as they all attacked with full force.
***
The Hero Killer proved to be more of a challenge than they previously thought. The moment he charged they both saw how fast he was on his feet. He almost gave them no time when it came to dodging his attacks from his swords.
Were it not for the help of their Quirks, they would've gotten one hell of a cut from his swords. As they went to attack again and again, he kept on reading their movements as he kept on pushing them back.
The two teens found themselves rolling across the ground of the small alleyway, nearly hitting Tenya just behind them as they were only attaining bruises from Stains kicks and punches. This only came as a shock to Tenya, Chouko and Native, as the whole time Stain had been fighting them, he was avoiding using his swords; the only time he had used it, was to get them to move back.
Reina and Katsuki both got up from the floor as they both caught their breath.
Stain on the other hand, hadn't been getting tired at all.
"I must admit, you're both impressive when it comes to fighting." Stain said, "It's a shame those wounds you have are hindering your performance."
"Damn it…" Katsuki said, "... We can't get close to this asshole, no matter how hard we try."
Reina let out a groan as she stood, "We have to figure something out… He's gotta have a limit. We need to find what it is and exploit it."
"This would be a lot easier if we knew what the hell his Quirk was." He said.
Both had been taken back when Stain suddenly hit Katsuki hard against the wall, making Reina jump and Katsuki cry out in agony and his wound to open.
"KATSUKI-KUN!" Reina exclaimed, before she blocked an attack from Stains sword, pushing her back.
"Don't focus on him!" Stain told her, "Focus on what's in front of you Reina!"
Reina blocked a kick from him this time, before she countered with her sword, right when he was about to thrust his blade into her arm before giving him an uppercut making him stumble. The minute she was back on her feet, she placed her other hand on the handle before she charged.
He saw that she had been aiming for his legs, attempting to make him fall to the floor, though he had been quick to block. He kicked her underneath her chin making her stumble back, and causing her mouth to drip blood.
"Impressive." Stain said, "I know those moves. You're attacking me only to immobilize me, not to kill. Reminds me of that Old Samurai Fart I used to know.."
Reina seemed to know who he had been talking about as she couldn't help but glare, as she wiped away the blood from her mouth, "That Old Fart your referring to, happens to be my teacher, and a dear friend of mine, something you wouldn't understand!"
"I see but even so…You should choose your friends and teachers more wisely.." Stain told her. "You'll never when they'll stab you in the back eventually.."
Reina's eyebrow twitched at this as she charged again. This time Stain jumped over her, surprising her; it wasn't long until she cried in pain when she felt a blade pierce her shoulder making their eyes widened. She nearly dropped her sword, but kept a firm grip.
"REINA!" Chouko, Native and Katsuki yelled.
"NOUKI-KUN!" Tenya exclaimed.
Katsuki got up as he rocketed towards Stain. "YOU BASTARD!!" He shouted as he went to knock him over.
Stain blocked his kick; grabbing a hold of his leg, he threw him to the floor making him cough up his own spit and blood from the sheer force.
Stain said to Katsuki as the teen let out a series of coughs, "You're easy to read boy. Next ti--"
Stain suddenly felt agony cutting off his sentence; he saw that Reina turned her blade so that it ran into his knee, forcing him to remove his blade from her shoulder, making her turn to face him. As Stain recovered from her attack, she stepped in front of Katsuki as he recovered from his attack.
"I'm not letting you hurt one more soul." Reina said to Stain, as she made no attempt to stop the bleeding on her wound, "I'll fight you all night and day if I have to, if it means I can bring you down."
Stain raised his eyebrow, "So… You're willing to protect them? Even if one of them had a selfish desire of seeking vengeance?"
Reina looked to Tenya knowing very well that was who was referring to him.
Reina started to say looking back to Stain, "I won't let anyone else die! No matter who they are, or what choices they make they have a right to live! Good or bad, if there is my friend or even my foe no one deserves to be killed! Even if it means my life ceases to be, I would make the choice again if it meant they could live!"
For a moment, Reina's eyes changed to that familiar baby blue color that Tenya and Chouko recognized to be from the Sports Festival.
"So come at me with everything you have!" She said, "No matter what you do to me, or say, I'll stand here and fight! I'll take you out without having to rely on my curse, and show you what it means to be a Hero!"
Stain's eyes widened at Reina's words as if it spoke to him, It reminded him of a certain someone..Some who he used to know..or rather...someone he used to train under his wing back in his early years.
Reina had soon been taken back, when Stain started to let out a chuckle. She only looked surprised, "... What's so funny?"
Stain answered, "Nothing… This is to be expected… Of all things considering after all. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised."
Reina looked shocked by his wording as the color in her eyes faded back to her odd eye color, "Of... All things considered?" She repeated, "What do you mean by that?"
Stain's look changed, and the look he expressed surprised her. The look he gave, looked to be that of disappointment.
"Just as I thought…" Stain said, "... They never told you anything, did they? All those years of looking after you… Feeding you and dressing you, and they CHOSE not to say anything."
Reina's look changed to anger, "Don't you DARE talk that way about them!
"Aren't I telling the truth?" Stain asked. "That Samurai..Oda Aihara, The Agent..Malcom Jones...even their kids, Joji, Josephine, Penelope and the faithful Doctor Shizumu… They all have been deceiving you all this time."
"You're making that up!" She shouted at him, "They would never lie to me!"
"That's the sad reality of life unfortunately." Stain replied "People lie often to cover up something ugly about someone...Including those close to you. You should be grateful I'm telling you the truth now."
"What are you talking about!? They don't have anything to hide from me!"
"Do they? Those so-called Heroes kept everything from you. They kept you from your own life, your home… Even your own family."
Reina started to lower her sword at this remark, as she started to tense up. "My family?" She said shocked.
"Allow me to enlighten you, Reina Nouki." Stain said to her, "... Before you were born… Before, I began to spread my word and name… I started off as a Vigilante. I was meant to attend UA, but I left when I discovered the truth about what the school you attend was full of. I started off as no one in the world not knowing who I was, but I took out criminals in a way no other Pro would allow me to do."
Stain soon ripped off a piece of his material and wrapped it around where Reina had hit him, as he continued, "One day, I met a young girl, who had hatred in her heart for the people that turned their backs on her and the people that she loved. She started off as a Villain before choosing the path of a Hero. Seh once feared by many because of her Quirk. Yet I saw potential in her as she had wanted to protect the very thing she treasured. She was very much like you… She had a Quirk she couldn't control, but I found a way to help her. I showed her how to wield a blade, as I have, and taught her the very thing you believe in. She had been the first, and only apprentice I ever had the pleasure to take under my wing. I taught her to be the very thing she is today, even if she doesn't want to admit it."
Stain soon stepped forward, making Reina hold her blade to him again. He stopped just as the blade touched his chest, nearly piercing its armor.
"I was the one that gave her that blade you carry in your hands." Stain told her, "The very blade I gifted her with and you have kept in your care all these years, is the only thing she left behind for you as her parting gift."
"You're not making any sense!" Reina couldn't help but shout, "Who are you talking about!? Who is she!?"
"The girl I took in as a Vigilante…" Stain soon said, "... The girl, who had been once feared by many… The only apprentice I have worked with… Was your mother."
At this her jaw and everyone else's dropped. The sword she held fell out of her hands due to the mere shock as her body shook.
"Her mother… " Tenya said shocked, "Was his student…?"
"But that's…" Native said, before stating softly, "They never said anything about that…"
"Reina-chan?" Chouko noticed how she looked.
Reina fell to her knees, and Katsuki had been quick to act as he put his arms around her. "Reina!" He called out, "Hey come on! Snap out of it!"
He soon saw tears start to fall; Katsuki saw the look she gave as he moved some of her hair out of the way. "Hey…" He said with a bit of worry in his face, "Reina…?"
"That can't be…" Reina started to say, "... You're… Making that up… That can't be true..." She looked up to Stain before she yelled, "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S LYING!"
Stain only looked at her calmly before he said, "... Look into my eyes Reina. See the answer for yourself."
Reina looked him straight in the eyes, and her skin turned more pale. When it came to a person, Reina had always been good at one thing; reading others with only one look in their eyes. That had been the only thing a person could pretend at. That was something she learned when she was a child; she could tell how others were feeling just from a certain look that they gave.
As she gazed upon Stain's eyes one thing had been clear.
The man before her maybe a killer, the slayer of Heroes, the monster, all those things… But the thing that terrified her the most in that very moment…
...Was that he wasn't lying.
"N--No…" Reina said as her voice cracked, "… I--It can't be real… It can't be…"
"It is." Stain told her, "Those Heroes you looked up to, have been lying to you this whole time. While they go and pretend to everyone else in the world, as if they didn't do enough damage already. It's sad isn't it…? To know that they kept the people you once admired from you."
"You're lying…" She said filled with tears; her eyes began to change to gold, "You're lying…"
When Stain stepped forward again, Katsuki took this as an opportunity to act; despite having his wounds open up, he stood ready to attack as he stepped in front of Reina in a protective manner.
"Back off!" He said as his hands sparked, "I'm not letting you near her!"
"Oh?" Stain said, "You wish to fight me boy? You know you could very well die." He looked at the wounds on his arm and shoulder as he had been bleeding, "And judging from those, you won't last very long."
"I don't care!" Katsuki yelled, "I'm not gonna let you near her!"
Reina picked up her head, and saw that Katsuki looked to be smiling, which surprised her and Stain. He soon said to Stain, "I made a vow to her and her alone, that I would protect her no matter what! Anyone that decides to hurt her or make her cry will answer to me and me alone!"
"Katsuki-kun…"
"I heard your pledge during the festival." Stain said to him, "You strive to become number one and will take out whoever gets in your way. You mean to say you would be willing to throw it away for her sake?"
For a moment Katsuki stayed silent, as he clenched his hand and his body shook a little. Though he soon regained his smirk, "Yeah, it's true that I want to be the number one hero that surpasses All Might! But you know what… If she's not there to see me achieve that goal when that day comes… Than it's pointless for me to even try!"
Stain saw the look in Katsuki's eyes change by his mere words, and Reina herself 'golden color vanished as she had been moved as she couldn't help but blush.
"This boy… The moment her life was threatened he changed." Stain thought to himself, "... No it's not just that. He still has the same pride in the Sports Festival, and yet he'll put it all aside for her." His gaze looked to Reina, "I wonder… Could Reina really have--"
"LEROY.....JENKINS!"
The three of them turned to the sound of a voice and saw what looked to be a flash of green lighting and Black lead and ink; The green lighting seemed to have bounced off the walls. Reina's eyes brightened as she saw it had been her two dear friends… Izuku and Floyd.
"SMASH!!" Izuku shouted as he threw a punch at Stain.
"INK CLAWS 3 FORM!" Floyd yelled as he launched his attack with Izuku.
Both attacks managed to successfully hit Stain as he sent him flying back into the alleyway.
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