In the medical center of star hero academy, Tagamori laid in his bed asleep as he healed from his severe wounds...
Deep in his dream...
"Stop right there Tagamori Rioda!" The boy stopped standing out in the front yard of his house with his back to it as his father yelled at him. "I forbid you to go to star hero academy, many great heroes die, and I refuse to have my own son die for citizens who wouldn't do the same for you!"
Tagamori looked back to see his mother with tears in her eyes standing behind his father as the heavy-set man wearing a black shirt and shorts walked over to his son grabbing him by the shoulder. "This is your last warning Tagamori, come back inside before I call the police, you're too young to be a hero, you're only 15!"
"I'm sorry, but I've already made up my mind, now let go of me before you end up getting hurt" The young boy responded in a serious and calm tone. The man grew angrier as he clinched his son's shirt. "You can't speak to me that way, I'll teach you respect!" Just then Tagamori snapped his fingers as an explosion went off in his father's face, leaving burns and bruises as the man collapsed on the ground in pain.
He looked at his mother who stood there in shock and still full of tears. "I'm sorry mother, but I won't deal with this man any longer, he is no longer my father" taking the rest of his belongings, the young hero walked down the road towards S.H.A...
Tagamori awoke from the dream with a gasp as he looked around, finding himself in the medical room as a nurse walked into the room. "Oh, I'm glad to see you've regained consciousness Rioda, your friends were worried about you, they were here constantly for hours until they were told they had to let you sleep"
(My classmates, were worried about me?" He looked at the nurse before looking back up at the ceiling. "Hmph, tell them they don't need to worry about me, it's my fault I'm in here, I was hit with my own attack. So...what did the doctor say about these injuries?"
"Though you'll have some burns, he said you should be recovered and moving around in just a few days or so"
"T-that's good" Tagamori gave a faint smile before falling back asleep...
Meanwhile in the student dorm rooms...
Kaito awoke in his room quickly looking around confused when a familiar voice responded: "Calm done idiot, you're fine and so are the others, none of our classmates had any fatal injuries so they should be fine in a few days" Mora looked to see Nari leaning in the corner of the room with her hands crossed and a smile on her face as she walked over to him.
"Just calm down and relax...I'm just glad you're ok" Without warning, Nari kissed Kaito on the lips catching him off guard. The young hero blushed with wide eyes before Nari stepped back walking over to the door. "Make sure you're ready for our next training session she insisted before leaving going back to her room.
After about an hour of relaxing and trying to calm down after what had happened during their training session, he walked out into the hall to see one of the student's door open. Mora walked over to see Sato and Mizuki sitting in Sato's room talking as they saw their friend standing in the doorway.
"Hey! We're so glad you're ok! Nari came by a while ago and said you were awake, but we didn't want to bother you until you were ready" The shark hero exclaimed with happiness and excitement. "So far it seems the only one of us that took a hard hit was Taamori, while you were out-cold, he took a powerful blast of one of his own attacks head on burning the right half of his body. Though, as bad as it is, we're told he should recover in a few days which is impressive, I'm sure a normal person would've been killed by such an attack unless he is unaffected by his own power unless it's certain amount of power at once"
Kaito made his way downstairs to the medical unit looking through the large window into the room to see Tagamori laying in the white bed fast asleep. The poor hero couldn't help but feel guilt from his friend's injuries. (Why did I have to pass out during such a serious situation!? I might've been able to save him from getting hurt!) As tears began to run down his face, someone slapped him in the back of the head. He turnned to see Nari standing behind him.
"Didn't I tell you to relax? Crying over our classmate won't make him heal any faster, it'll just distract you from focusing on improving as a hero!"
"You're right, I'm sorry, I need to focus on our next lesson and make sure what happened out there doesn't happen again"
2 Days Later...
The class of 106 returned to their classroom where Mitsuhide told them about the star hero tournament. "Glad to see most of you are ok and weren't hurt. Though your classmate Tagamori is still recovering from his injuries, I'm told that he should be returning to class in just a few days. Now onto the topic at hand...each year the school holds what is called the star hero tournament where students fight against one another in a tournament to be named the top-rated hero and their choice of what hero they'd like to mentor under. At first the school was hesitant to hold it after what occurred during the training session, but in the end, they decided to continue with the event"
He looked at the students with some excited like Mizuki and Nari while Heizo and a few others with not much power were unsure about it. "The tournament will be held a week from now and this year we will be going up against class 200, I'm told their class has some unique powers so it could be challenging for all of you, but I have hope one of you will come out on top as the top-rated hero"
Kaito looked at Nari who was filled with excitement. "Rhis is going to be so good! I can't wait to beat the crap out of the other class and come out on top!" Sato smirked responding: "Don't forget about me Nari, we still haven't finished our fight from the free for all"
"Bring it on Ichiro, I'll smash you into the ground before you can even get serious" Kaito sat there just listing to them taunt one another before class was over and they headed back to their dorms. As Kaito was making his way to his room, A boy with devil horns approached him. "So, you're one of the students from class 106, you don't seem like you'd put up much of a fight, you might as well drop out before you embarrass yourself" A smirk grew on the students face when Nari came down the hall walking up to them.
"Kaito what's going on?"
"Nothing, I was just going to my dorm room" As Mora opened his door, the other student responded: "Yeah, go hide in your room, I doubt you'll even survive the first round of the tournament" Nari grinded her teeth growing angry as she looked at the boy. "Don't talk to him like that, I'm sure he'll be the one to beat you in the tournament, if not, I will!"
"You? You seem like the kind of girl with power but no brain to use your power properly, you can try all you want, but I don't see either of you as a threat" Nari grew furious as she transformed her arm into an armored shell with spikes as she prepared to strike as the young horned student walked away.
"Nari, don't...there's no point in beating him up, all it would do is get you in trouble which would be worse than just letting it go"
"Fine, but that bitch is getting a beating when the tournament arrives" Kaito smiled giving her a nod before heading into his room...
Meanwhile in the star hero association...
Ultamizu, Icy Winter, Omnium and Yigen sat at a large black table in large black chairs in a large steel room with a black carped-floor on the top floor of the fortress where pro-heroes met to discuss strategies of important issues. Omnium, also known as the armored hero wore a black armored suit with orange flames flowing from his knees to his torso. He was capable of manifesting the suit as well as a large-range of weapons.
Yigen was a tall man with long blonde hair dressed in a red and white suit with a red-fur collar and a closed 3rd eye in the center of his head. He had the ability to use the powers of mythical creatures and was considered the 2nd strongest pro-hero next to Ultamizu. The CEO of the association stood before them. It was a tall old man dressed in a black business suit with gray hair and annoyed look on his face.
"Listen up heroes! We have a problem! Winter gave us a run-down of what transpired at the academy training session, the same masked vigilantly that attacked the city showed up with an ally and attempted to either kill or at least wound the students of class 106. Fortunately, once Ultamizu arrived, they seem to run off. So we know they're scared of our #1 hero, but as Winter also informed us, the man not only has the ability to teleport, but also take another's power by taking away the source that gives a hero their powers!
"If I hadn't gotten there and witnessed it myself, I would've never believed such a thing could happen, though there are many powers out there, to materialize one's source of power and just rip it away from their user with such ease? That's impossible" Ultamizu claimed with a faint feeling of uneasiness in his tone as he sat in a large black chair with his buff arms crossed.
Winter had her head down as she clinched her fist before looking up at the CEO with a burning rage inside her. "They stole my friend's power! Now he's nothing but a mere citizen. He can't fight against strong criminals with powers anymore!" Tears filled her eyes as she began to cry with an angered expression on her face.
The man thought about kicking her out for being unstable, but decided to let it slide this once for the sake of her friend and the pain the man had also felt from the loss of a friend. "Yigen, can you locate the masked criminal with your foresight of seer?"
"It doesn't always work, but I shall give it a good, however, once I use it, it will close for 24 hours before I may use it again" The others watched as Yigen closed his eyes and his 3rd eye opened, it glowed blue as he saw a glimpse into the future...The pro hero remained silent as if in a meditative state before the eye slowly closed and he opened his eyes. "I have located a hideout of some kind, it's on an island just outside of Japan. That must be why they've been using teleportation to get around, with it they can't be followed back to their source"
The CEO nodded typing on a keyboard on the table pulling up a holographic map as he pinpointed the exact location of the island. "Here is where they should be, as much as I'd like to send Ultamizu and Yigen there to capture the villain and possible other accomplices, you both are too valuable here in case a new thread is to arrive in Japan at any moment. Winter, Omnium, you both are to head to this island and find out information about them, if possible, capture the targets. If fighting is avoidable, I'd suggest you avoid it at all cost, we don't need to lose the smally supply of pro-level heroes we already have"
Ultamizu stood up asking: "But sir, what about the other pro heroes of the other hero associations, surely, they have fellow pro heroes that may help with the situation"
"Though you may be right, it's hard getting in contact with other heroes outside our association, they normally will only answer if it's a global thread, otherwise they won't answer. So for now, those two are our best option"
Omnium and Winter stood up placing their arms across their chest with a fist as they left the room while Ultamizu and Yigen remained. Yigen sat in the chair while the #1 hero walked over to the large window showing the city below. "Well then, there's no use standing around, I might as well go scout the city for any criminal activity. "I'll see you both later!"
With a quick hand wave he took off at immense speed. "Ultamizit-" The CEO stood there annoyed as he sat in one of the chairs annoyed. "Sometimes I feel all the power goes to that man's head"
Out in the city...
As night fell, Ultamizu moved through the city at great speed, jumping from rooftops and gliding several miles before landing on another building in the middle of the city. "Hmmm, seems awfully quiet tonight" Focusing with his heighten senses he heard a gunshot on the northside of the city several miles away. "Ah, seems we do have some criminals being naughty tonight, might as well pay them a visit!"
Meanwhile a group of thugs wearing black ski masks took refuge in a Jewlery store as police cars blocked their way out. "Damn it, what are we gonna do? The police have us blocked in!"
"Don't worry, I set a bomb to go off in two minutes, if we can't escape, we'll at least take these cops with us!" Just then the ground shook catching the group of men off-guard. "What the hell was that boss!?"
Just then they looked to see Ultamizu walking into the store. "Ah here you are. If you four value your bones not broken, I suggest you drop your weapons and turn yourselves in"
"Die hero!" Their boss fired off a semi-automatic to the pro-hero's face as shots echoed throughout the store, bullet shells hitting the black-carped floor. The gang looked to see Ultamizu still standing, unaffected by the mere projectiles.
"My turn" Taking a step forward, he unleashed a fierce shockwave of force in their direction just by putting his foot down. The store shook as the thugs were sent staggering back hitting the wall. They looked up at the hero who smiled pulling his arm back preparing to send the force of a punch in their direction. That's when one of them cried out: "W-we give up just please don't hurt us!"
The hero looked down to see the men graveling at his feet in fear. "Heh, very well, now go before I change my mind" He answered in his usually heroic tone. Their boss smirked as they were put in the police car when Ultamizu walked out calling out: "Oh, I almost forgot, it looks like you left this"
The men looked to see the bomb they hand planted and let out screams of horror when the hero tossed it into the air as it went off in a burst of light. "Haha, next time you try to blow up the city, make sure you aren't dealing with me" With another smile he jumped into the air gliding through the city when he spotted a blue light off in the distance. "Hmmm, what's that"
He landed in front of a large warehouse where a truck of thugs were preparing to leave when Ultamizu landed in front of them. "Oh, shit it's the #1 hero Ultamizu!" One of them yelled preparing to go in reverse.
"Whoa there!" The hero quickly grabbed the hood of the white truck with one hand as the vehicle was stuck in place with it's wheels spiraling at full velocity. "Fuck it! Run this bastard over!" The criminal in the passenger seat shouted.
The truck drove full speed smashing into Ultamizu as it's hood was destroyed. They stared in shock to see their target unphased by the hit. "You thugs don't give me enough credit as the #1 hero" Grabbing the white vehicle, he tossed it up into the air as it sailed up through the clouds before coming back down.
The large vehicle came down as he caught it with ease. The thugs fell out of the car vomiting before passing out from sickness and fear. Just then a tall man dressed in a black and blue jacket and pants walked out of the warehouse. He had long white and red hair with blue eyes. "Ah Ultamizu, I hoped that flame I lit in the sky would get your attention, I've always wanted to see what the #1 hero could do"
"So, you just lured me here just to fight me? Very well, I accept your challenge, but I shall warn you, you're out-matched" The assailant gave a slight smirk still with an emotionless face as he threw both hands out as blue flames surrounded them in a wall of flames.
"Show me what you got...pro-hero" Slowly raising his hand towards his target, he sent a fierce blaze of blue flames right for the hero as Ultamizu was engulfed in the flames. "Hmph, come on, I know you're not finished that easy" The villain commented in an emotionless tone.
Just then he heard the hero shout: "Justice clap!" Unleashing a clap with half his strength, the flames dispersed as the villain was sent smashing into the warehouse leaving a large dent. The prokinetic's eyes winded from the pain as he coughed out drops of blood falling to his knees looking up at the approaching hero.
"We're done here, now admit defeat villain"
"Hehe, admit defeat huh, don't be so full of yourself" With a smirk the man wiped the blood from his lips as he stood back up. "Akira of the flame doesn't back down from a fight. Though I used to admire you Ultamizu...I can't stand heroes who would rather throw criminals in jail rather than end their miserable lives!"
Manifesting flames in his palm, the blue flame suddenly became red as he slapped his hand on the cement parking lot. "Flame pillar!" A wall of flames manifested from the ground, sealing the pro-hero within the transparent pillar with chains made of flames binding him in the center. "It's over Ultamizu! If you won't kill the scum who threaten this city, then I will" Turning his back on the pillar, he snapped his fingers as the pillar of red flames erupted in a fierce explosion with a shockwave so powerful, it destroyed the entire warehouse as well as causing a short power surge throughout the city. As the smoke cleared, all that remained was a large scorched crater. "Hmph, I guess you really weren't the hero I was looking for" Walking away he abruptly heard movement among the rubble as the ground began to vibrate. That;s when a fierce wave of force sent all the rubble into the sky as Ultamizu stood in the hole with his fist in the air from his god-like punch.
"Cough, well then, you sure have power Akira of the flame, but as I've told you before, you're outmatched" Covered in burns and bruises, The buff hero advanced right for Akira, striking him in the torso as a strong gust of wind shout out of his target from the sheer force of the blow.
The assailant coughed up blood with his eyes widened from the surge of pain before passing out. "Hmm, strange, this man does really seem like the villain type...could he have gotten my attention as a sign of help? Not often do villains just get my attention just to fight me, especially ones who know who I am" Lifting the unconsciousness man over his shoulder, he rushed back to the association where he took him down to the medical center in the basement.
"I need to get answers out of you so I'll have to speed up your healing" Carrying him over to a containment chamber, he placed Akira inside as it shut and light-blue liquid began filling the chamber as the man floated inside unconscious with his hair flowing with the healing water...
Meanwhile Winter and Omnium were making their way towards the island...
as Winter flew through the air with ice fog around her body while Omnium had boosters on his feet he used to fly. They reached the island as they touched down on the beach. "It's best we continue on foot, any closer and I'm sure they'll easily spot us" Winter suggested as they made their way through the overgrown forest towards a large base in the center of the island.
Winter spotted a few thugs guarding the large steel doors to the dark base and stomped her foot in their direction as a trail of ice went right for them, sealing them in ice. "Tsk! What the hell one of them groaned unable to move. Omnium and Winter ran past the guards up to the large door where the armored hero put his hands together as it transformed into a large cannon. "Obliterate!" Winter watched as a blast of fire erupted from the cannon, utterly destroying the large doors before them.
Winter ran inside while Omnium stood there for a moment, his suit overheated for a moment before cooling down. They careful snuck inside the large base finding themselves inside some kind of warehouse with a cement floor and not much inside aside from black steel shelves and some large boxes.
Omnium used his high-tech mask to scan the area for movement when a sudden unease filled the air as the lights inside began to flicker. Both pro-heroes turned to see a figure in a white coat with a black under-shirt and pants wearing what looked like a biker helmet concealing his face.
"Hahaha, seems you both are trespassing, I'm afraid you'll need to be punished" The figure responded in a sadistic tone as he pulled out knifes from his pocket. "Try and doge if you can hehe!" With a quick toss he threw four knives right for the pair as Winter incased them both in a small dome of ice just as the sharp projectiles struck the thick layer of ice.
"I like a little fight in my prey, this will be a fun massacre" Omnium wait till winter lowered the ice barrier as he activated his boosters, launching himself right for their target, striking the side of their face with incredible force that sent the villain smashing into a row of shelves as they hit the ground.
Both watched as the assailant slowly got up. "Hehe...hahaha! This pain, this negative feeling...it really gets me going!" The heroes watched in shock as the villain began to glitch as if a character from a video game as he popped in and out of reality with red and yellow copies of him appearing for a split second before vanishing. "Allow me to show you how I see the world!"
With another sadistic laugh the masked villain vanished for a split second before reappearing inches from Omnium. "Let us watch as this world crumbles...together" Clinching the hero's mask, the armored hero could feel him losing his sanity more and more, all the color drained from his vision as he could only see white when Winter clapped her hands together, manifested a barrage of sharp ice needles, firing them right towards her target.
Blood splattered to the floor as the needles dug deep into his costume but he didn't even flinch as blood dripped from his wounds. The man dropped Omnium who laid there with a feeling of anxiety rushing through him. The villain walked towards Winter as she fired more and more ice spikes at him. He continued to approach her with each projectile piercing his body leaving a trail of blood.
"Poor girl, I've already lost my sanity to the point pain doesn't bother me anymore, when you pierce my flesh, I get nothing but a rush of excitement!" As he reached for the girl with his blood-soaked hand, Kanazetsu stepped into the room looking at the fallen hero and Winter who was inches away from being grabbed.
"Enough Disaster, we agreed you'd get to fight them, we can't have you killing them, at least not yet. I need them to further my plan to rid this world of that overconfident bastard Ultamizu" Snaping his fingers, purple chains made of dark energy manifested as they wrapped around the pro-heroes. "All according to plan..."
Deep in the city of Fukahama...
Ultamizu was sitting on the side of a skyscraper eating a sub when he got a call from his ear piece the CEO gave each pro-hero as the man informed Ultamizu that he had lost connection with Winter and Omnium. "I need you to go and see what happened, I can't send Yigen since he's the last pro hero left so it's up to you to rescue them"
"Don't worry you can count on me sir!" With a powerful jump he launched himself into the air, gliding several miles before landing on a beach in the direction of the island. With a deep breath, the hero took off at immense speed, running on the water like a speed boat...
Looking around he didn't see anyone. "Hmm..." He stood still, focusing on his surrounding before he heard something right under him. (There!) With a sudden movement, the hero struck the ground beneath his feet, causing the entire floor to crumble beneath him as he fell into a large basement where Winter and Omnium were being held in operrating tables with steel bonds keeping their hands and body from moving.
"Winter, Omnium, seems I found you" The tall buff hero was about to move when a voice behind him uttered: "Yes, but you also found me Ultamizu, wasn't expecting you so soon, then again...I shouldn't be surprised considering how few pro heroes there are in this current generation"
Kanazetsu...I found you...are you going to just teleport away like the roach you are" The hero taunted as he clinched his fist facing his opponent who stood in the opposite direction of the heroic pair bound to the tables.
"No actually...I've actually decided to fight you one on one this time...I'd very much like to see just how big our power gap is" Clinching his fist Ultamizu responded. "I'll show you just how strong the #1 hero is compared to filthy low-Lifes like you"
Making their way outside, they faced one another on the surface of the island as Ultamizu advanced at immense speed from the start, reaching his opponent near instantaneously as he threw a powerful punch right for the masked assailant's mask. Kanazetsu caught his blow once more, a sheer shockwave of power shaking the island. As the hero backed up taking a deep breath.
"Very well...seems going easy on you was never an option, I shall use more than just 40% of power and show you why they call me the ultimate hero!" The ground shook with rocks slowly levitating off the ground before he took off once more, this time using 60% of his overall power. Instead of a mere single punch, Ultamizu unleashed a barrage of blows to his target's abdomen before sending a final blow to the side of his mask, both shattering it completely and sending him shooting off the island, the god-like power splitting the ocean in two as Kanazetsu impacted a mountain miles away.
Ultamizu spared no time, advancing in the path of his opponent as he found him in the snowy mountains. Kanazetsu let out weak laughs as he slowly got to his feet, his face hidden from the strong blizzard before approaching the valiant hero. "I suppose you're just dying to know who I am Ultamizu, well as much as I'd like to do the cliché thing and leave keeping you guessing, I suppose I can show you who I am, maybe then you'll understand why I chose to target the great top-pro hero"
(That voice, why does it sound so familiar?)
"Ultanizu...or should I say: Hirico Sumara. That is your name, isn't it?" A sudden feeling of shock rushed over him as the hero saw a familiar face step into view. He had orange hair with red eyes. "Karaki is that you!?" The villain clinched his teeth in anger as he aimed his palm towards Ultamizu. "That's not my name anymore"
An abrupt surge of force sent the pro-hero off the mountain causing an avalanche as well as utterly shattering the top of the mountain as boulders rolled down the hill towards a small down below. Cries of fear could be heard as Hirico stopped himself, falling towards the mountain.
"Nooo!" Aiming his falling body towards the village, he gathered speed, impacting between the coming snow and the village behind him as a mother held her small daughter in fear. "Pure justice...justice clap!" Using most of his power, he clapped his hands together, sending a colossal shockwave of power toward the mountain as it managed to slow the avalanche down just enough for the pile of snow to stop right in front of him.
Looking up he saw Karaki floating high above him when the pro-hero was teleported right in front of the villain as he felt his body getting struck by fast barrage of powerful blows before Karaki grabbed him by the throat as the injured coughed from the air knocked out of him.
"Why Hirico...why did she choose you? You've become nothing but an overconfident fool...you shouldn't even call yourself a hero anymore...the hero we both admired for so long should've given me pure justice, not an ignorant fool like you...paralysis"
Ultamizu's body grew cold and numb as he was dropped from high in the air, impacting the snow just outside the village...
CHAPTER 3 T Story Of Pure Justice
[Flash Back]
Herico and Karaki stood out in a large field fighting against one another, both wearing white shirts and black shorts. Taking a step forward, Sumara sent a punch right for Karaki when the combatant abruptly tripped him, catching him by the back of his white shirt before he could faceplant on the ground.
"Come on Herico, you'll never be a good hero if you're not going to pay attention to your surroundings"
"Heh, I'll show you I'm a real hero, the young teen grabbed his friend's arm, pulling him over his shoulder slamming Karaki onto his back as he hit the dirt. "How's that for not hero material?" Just then their mentor walked over to them, she had silver hair with aqua blue eyes dressed in a black suit with purple lines and a red cape.
"I see you're both working hard, I'm sure you'll both become great heroes one day. Both of you have great potential. Now then, Herico can I speak with you for a moment?" Karaki watched as they walked down the dirt path over to a water fall where the young hero sat on a rock.
"Herico...I know you're only 15 years old, but I feel as though I don't have much time left before I'm gone...it seems now that in my late 50', my body can't handle my power much longer. I was going to wait to choose one of you when you both reached 18 when your body is at it's prime, but sadly I don't have that long"
"W-what are you talking about sensei, are you dying!?" Tears began to fill the young teen's eyes as he looked at his master who didn't answer the question. "I'm sorry Herico, but you'll have to continue the path of a hero without me. Though you are young, you're the only one I can trust to wield the power of pure justice. Karaki is a hard-working hero too, but I feel as though the power would be too much for him to handle, he's always had trouble seeing the line between hero and villain and for this, I can't choose him as the next one to inherit this power"
"What power is that sensei?" The woman placed her palm near her heart as a blue light began to manifested around it. She pulled back as a sphere of immense blue energy formed in her palm. "This, is pure justice...with this power you will go on to become a powerful hero. Though you will have the power, that's not all that a hero needs to be a true hero, you'll need a heart just as strong to match this power. Anyone can be strong, but it takes a real hero to do what's right with the power they're given"
She extended her hand as Herico took the ball of light, feeling the sheer power of pure justice as the ball grew smaller until vanishing in small wisps of blue light. The young boy looked at his hands then at her responding: "I don't feel any different" The woman let out a weak laugh telling him: "If getting power was that easy, I assure you if abilities were that easy to awaken, many would've mastered their powers in weeks. Trust me Herico, when the time comes, your power will awaken...i'm entrusting all my power and my dream of a world filled with peace to you. Remember these worlds: "My power will light the way" So long as you say this to yourself and those you save, you will never doubt yourself as a hero"
[End Of Flash Back]
"Those words…they've played over and over in my head all these years. With her power and dream entrusted to me, I won't give up" Focusing the power of pure justice throughout his body, he broke free of the paralysis rising to his feet. Karaki…I don't know what you did to gain all those abilities, but one thing's for sure…you're no hero and maybe you never were"
Clinching his fist he focused his power into his entire left arm as his foe descended down in front of him. "Hehe, heroes? Why would I want to be a hero? Why save others when I can rule over them like the foolish pests they are. A hero may stall those in danger from hurting themselves or others, but humanity Is filled with nothing but idiots and heroes trying to create the impossible: A world without crime"
"No you're wrong, there are those who will risk everything to save those in need. You betrayed our mentor the moment you left and become a villain!" With 90% of his power, he sent a punch right for his lost friend when Karaki blocked the incoming strike with his wrist as everything around the me was blown away as if a powerful hurricane manifested around them.
"Face it Herico, I've gathered enough power to surpass your pure justice…either that, or you were never good enough to wield our poor sensei's power"
Ultamizu grew angry as he decided to let go of his restraints and use the full power of pure justice. "Karaki…I'd hoped it wouldn't come to this, but seems I have no choice…I'll beat you with 100% of our power, mine and hers! Since that day we've been connected and that connection…can't be severed!" Letting all of his power run wild, the ground began shaking as red and blue electricity whipped around his body.
With nothing holding him back any longer, Ultamizu random dashed around his target. His speed so great, there were multiple Ultamizu around Karaki. "You will see the power of my resolve villain!" Suddenly the hero appeared, striking Kanazetsu in the side of the face with such force, the island shook violently as the tyrant was launched into the sky past the clouds about to enter space when Ultamizu reached him, punching him back towards earth as he repeatedly hit him back and forth to and from earth like a ping-pong ball, Karaki getting struck in the back then the abdomen repeatedly before grabbed by the face in the upper-atmosphere.
"It's over Karaki, say farewell!" As a tear flew from Ultamizu's eye, they went soaring straight back to earth like a comet, impacting an island with such force, it shattered apart with a blinding flash of light filling the sky before slowly fading. The pro hero sighed out of breath as he stood in the large crater of the destroyed island with his once close friend in the center covered in blood. "Goodbye…Karaki"
As he fell to his knees nearly out of strength he heard a weak voice: "So this…is how you thought it'd end?" Ultamizu's eyes snapped open as he saw Karaki weakly get up, his body snapping from his fatal injuries. "Y-you almost killed me old friend…but I-I'm not one to go die so easily…I still have a trick up my sleeve"
A rift opened as Karaki slowly healed as Dark-Bringer, the one he had saved from the trio of heroes long ago stepped out. "Where am I? What's going on!?" Just then The villain grabbed the man's face responding: "I'm sorry, forgive me…" The hero watched as Dark-Bringer's power was ripped from his body and was absorbed into Kanazetsu.
The man fell to his knees, weak from having his power taken from him. "Y-you bastard…you were promised to save my brother from Star Hero prison" Tears filled his eyes before he collapsed.
"Yessss, this power is incredible, unlike your pure justice Herico, my powers can activate the moment I absorb them. I'll call it…Pure chaos! The yin and yang of powers! Now, show me what you can do!" Ultamizu spat out drops of blood before wiping it off as he prepared to use 100% of his power once more. The pro hero advanced right for him, moving at near light speed as his foe fired blasts of purple energy right for him. Each blast was near instantaneous with the weakening hero barely keeping up.
"So you've gained one more power, what difference will it make!? This battle will end the same way…with your defeat!" Herico went for a strike to the back of the villain's head when a shockwave of dark energy knocked him back. "I'm sorry poor Herico, but the tables have turned. Allow me to show you pure chaos, or shall I say: My power shall darken the way"
Ultamizu landed on his feet sliding across the destroyed ground when Karaki fired dozens of beams right for the hero's torso. Blood splattered as each one pierced through his body like paper before the once great hero could barely fight back any longer. (D-damn it, I didn't want it to end like this…how could I fail you master, you put your trust in me, even gave me the power to become the greatest hero…but in the end, it seems I couldn't overcome every obstacle…it seems I only have one chance to bring hope to the world)
With all his strength, he launched himself into the air, soaring through the sky covered in blood before crashing through the roof of star hero academy. "I-I must do what my master had done for me" Kaito ran out to see the hero barely alive. "Ultamizu!" Picking him up he dragged him to the medical center sitting beside him. A nurse came over when the hero responded: "No thank you miss, i-I came here just to speak with this young man b-before it's too late. K-Kaito, I've heard great things about you, though your power is limited, you've trained your reflects to use it at right times to help your friends. I can think of no one else to take up my mantle…so I say this to you: What is it that makes you want to be a hero?"
With tears in his eyes he said: "I want to be a hero that everyone looks up to, one that people can feel safe when I arrive" The bloody and beaten hero smile weakly extending his first to the young hero. Confused at first, Kaito slowly bumped fists with the pro-hero as a blue light went from the man's chest to the boy's as a immense power surged through him before slowly fading.
"Kaito…I've given you the hope of all of humanity as well as those who came before me…please, keep justice alive and go on to become the next pro-hero the world can look up to as a symbol of light. As my mentor said to me: Your p-power…will light…the way" Kaito watched as the flame in the hero's body went out as he laid there motionless with a smile on his face.
"Ultamizu…Ultamizu….ULTAMIZU!" Kaito let out cries of agony as he held his fallen idol in his arms before letting go as the nurse let out a scream before calling the police. Kaito stood up looking down at the hero and said: "I'm not sure what happened when our fists connected, but I felt something, I won't let your trust in me be for nothing, my dream of becoming the greatest hero will become a reality and I will be the symbol that you were. "Rest in peace…Ultamizu"
Kaito held back his tears walking back to his room…
Meanwhile in the basement of S.H.A, Akira of the flame awoke in his healing chamber as a beam rang out before the liquid drained from inside before the glass door opened. The tall man stepped out seeing the school's uniform folded in front of him for a new set of clothes. "What happened...i remember fighting Ultamizu when he struck me in the gut...oh right, I must've lost consciousness by his immense blow knocking the wind out of me. Now the other question is where am I? He must've taken me here so I could be healed, but why would he do that? Could he see through my façade? I have to find him before it's too late!"
Putting on the school's uniform he rushed out of the large room down a narrow steel hallway with a black floor as he raced over to the elevator at the end of the hall. The uniform he wore was for 1st years, a black shirt with two white stars on the sleeves and one in the center with red lines from the collar to the star in the center.
The moment he stepped out of the elevator on the ground floor, he rushed into the lobby to the desk clerk, asking if she knew were Ultamizu was she told him to check with the star hero association which was around the corner. (Damn it, why do I feel like something bad happened!?) Racing past the academy he reached the association barging through the doors asking where Ultamizu was.
The male clerk looked at him with hesitation before calling down the CEO and the new #1 hero Yigen. The CEO looked at him with a frown demanding who he was. "Why are you here, you can't see Ultamizu...he's...dead"
"What!? But he's the best pro-hero, how could he beat defeated!?"
"Look, we're trying to keep it a secret until we figure out how to tell the public as well as the students of Star hero academy. We're also missing Winter and Omnium still and with only one pro-hero left in town, it's inching closer for me to set the city in a code red emergency if we don't figure something out soon. Talented Yigen may be, he can't do the entire association's work single-handily"
Akira of the flame stood there for a moment... (I'm not for being like these so-called "heroes" But I do know what's right and can tolerate helping them long enough to rescue those pro-heroes so the city isn't taken over by him...he has yet to reveal himself, but I know when he has the chance, he'll strike)
"Sigh...I'll go find and free Winter and Omnium, but only because it's what Ultamizu was trying to do before he died, I see him as a true hero not any of you" The suited man thought about stopping Akira of the flame but knew he needed the pair back and couldn't afford to lose the only elite hero he had left.
Blue flames swarmed around Akira's body as he soared into the sky. As he went towards the island, his flames became red as he soared through the sky much faster than before like a rocket as he reached the destroyed island in just a few minutes. Brushing his long white hair out of his eyes he landed by the destroyed base making his way into the basement where he found Winter and Omnium still bound to the tables after being trapped there for several hours.
"They're in bad condition, being down here unable to move for hours definitely would put a toll on your body" Walking over to the unconscious heroes, he aimed his palm towards the restraints, burning them with his blue flames. He tapped them both on the cheek but they wouldn't respond. "Hmm, seems I'll have to take them back to the association and hope they can heal them like Ultamizu did for me"
Forming a sphere of flames around the pair like a barrier, he flew into the air with the sphere floating beside him as he picked up speed back to the city. Quickly landing in front of the HQ he walked inside with the ball of blue flames levitating behind him as the clerk called the CEO letting him know Akira had already returned. "Let him up" The man said on the other end. The clerk pushed a button and the elevator in front of them opened. "The CEO would like you to speak with them on the top floor sir"
The gifted was hesitant but walked into the elevator with the two heroes as the door closed and made it's way to the top floor. With a ring the doors opened as the man found himself in the large briefing room of the association.
"Well done Akira, you managed to retrieve them quickly and I don't give compliments often. The medical staff shall put them in healing chambers to speed up their recovery. I however need one more favor from you" The flame gifted frowned crossing his arms responding: "What would that be?"
"I would like you to watch over the star hero tournament in case something goes wrong. The principal of S.H.A told me continuing with the tournament will give us time to figure out a way to either find more pro heroes or at least plan how to let the public know of Ultamizu's death"
"Fine, I'll do this one last thing then I'm not helping you" With that the flame hero marched out making his way outside...
CHAPTER 4 The Star Hero Tournament
Kaito awoke to an announcement as he heard an unfamiliar voice but assumed it was the principal as they announced: "Today we officially start the star hero tournament, we normally give a week's notice but with how crazy things have been lately, we're holding it today. Make sure you all are ready in the next few hours...that is all"
(So, the star hero tournament Is today...I'm sure Nari and Misuki will be excited about this. Tagamori is probably finished healing, but I don't know if he should enter a fighting tournament when he just got badly injured) Stretching he grabbed a brush from his bag brushing his hair before making his way out into the hall where Nari and Mizuki were waiting with excitement on their faces.
"Oh man Kaito are you excited about the star hero tournament like we are!?" They looked at him with big smiles showing their sharp teeth as Kaito blushed rubbing his neck. "Y-yeah, I'm looking forward to it, just a little nervous"
Nari wrapped her arm around him pulling him close a little rough. "Don't be such a wimp Kaito, you did great in the training session, I'm sure this will go well too. Since you're fighting me in the end though, I doubt you'll win the tournament" Nari smirked confident she'd win the tournament.
"Come on Nari, don't forget we don't know what kind of powers our opponents will have, it's a bit early to assume any of us would win" Nari assured him she could beat anyone that she's put up against...
All of the students of Star hero academy were brought to the auditorium where Kaito saw the principal for the first time, it was a tall man in a black suit with hair made of black flames with orange eyes. "Welcome star hero students, today we begin the star hero tournament. In this tournament you will be paired with your class against another. Since we normally only have time to fit two classes in each yearly tournament, I shall pick two random classes from a hat with each class number written on a slip of paper"
As he stood on the wooden stage in front of the hundreds of students sitting in black theater chairs, he pulled out the first class. "Class A will be...class 106!" Nari, Mizuki and Ichiro cheered with excitement as they heard their class number while Kaito still felt nervous about the tournament as well as trying not to think of Ultamizu's death.
"The class that will be fighting class 106 will be...class 206!" Kaito noticed a group of students turn and look at them, a few with unpleasant expressions which he assumed were from class 206...
After about an hour, the tournament was finally all prepared as the students made their way to the seats around the large tiled arena while the first participants made their way to the arena. Nari crossed her arms in annoyance groaning: "Why couldn't I've been in the 1st fight!? I'm dying to get some wins!"
"Come on Nari, I think you're being a little over confident" Kaito laughed as Nari looked away with a pout. They watched as Ichiro was the first participant from their class. He stepped onto the arena to see a tall boy with black hair and white eyes wearing a black jacket and pants. He looked at Ichiro with a confident smirk as his jack blew in the breeze.
"Hello, my name is Mizutaki Atsumi" He smiled at Sato who responded: "Hi, I'm Ichiro Sato" That's when An announcer with blonde hair dressed in a black suit announced the 1st round of the tournament.
"Alright everyone! Here's the 1st round of the star hero tournament! Who will be left standing!? Sato or Mizutaki!? Let match one begin!"
MATCH 1 Sato VS Mizutaki
Both SHA students faced one another as Ichiro looked at his opponent with a serious expression while his combatant just smiled. After a moment of silence Atsumi slowly approached his target as a wave of light traveled from his head to his feet. "If you won't make the first move, I'll be glad to start the fight"
The hero put his arms up jumping side to side, building up kinetic energy as red electricity whipped around him along with his body outlined in a red light. "You want me to start the fight? Fine, don't say I didn't warn you" With a smirk Sato moved at super-human speed, lunging right for Mizutaki as he threw his foot right for the student's face. When the target put his wrist up not even looking at his coming attacker as Ichiro struck the hero's wrist with a fierce shockwave of force, shaking the arena.
"What!? How can you just stand there unaffected by my attack as if it were a mere tap!?" The class 106 student backflipped away in confusion as Mizutaki slowly lowered his hand, turning to face his fellow student. "Come on, that wasn't anything close to your full strength, was it? I'm sure you can do better than that"
The others watched as Atsumi floated into the air, flying right for the 1st year. "Allow me to show you a glimpse of my power" Focusing the bit of stored energy into his fist, the kenetic hero through a punch straight for Asumi who dodged it darting to the left before another ray of light traveled through his body, sending a fierce punch to Sato in the ribs as he was launched towards the wall that surrounded the arena with the audience just above the wall.
(No, I won't be beat so easily especially by a ring-out!) Using his stagger as kinetic fuel, he kicked off the wall with both feet just before hitting it, going right back into the arena with more power than before surging around him. "I won't lose!" Instead of focusing on power, he focused on speed, throwing lighting fast punches at Mizuki as the student was forced to block the fast blows. Sato didn't let up his attacks, but no matter how many strikes he seemed to land, he couldn't manage to break the student's guard.
"Why, why can't I break through!?" Once more Atsumi smiled still calm as he answered: "Short answer: atom manipulation...focusing on parts of my body, I can harden or lighten my body to either fly or sent a powerful blow to my enemy. Maybe you haven't noticed, but when you see a faint light travel through my body it's my atoms changing"
"Thanks for the tip, I'll just have to strike before you can move your atoms!" Running in place, Ichiro began charging up as much kinetic energy he could as his combatant charged him, both hands behind the hero picking up speed as Atsumi made himself lighter at the last second, front flipping past the hero before restructuring the atoms to strengthen his bones, throwing a punch right for Ichiro in the back, sending him staggering to the opposite end of the arena as he stopped himself with one foot before he could fall out of bounds.
"Come on..." Ichiro ran in place gathering more and more power until his eye's glowed red and immense power swarmed around his body. Atsumi frowned actually getting worried as Sato threw both hands out unleashing far more power than ever. "Full power release!"
(Hmm, this could be troublesome, I might as well use my trump card as well" Closing his eyes he focused all his atoms throughout his body focusing on maximizing his body's endurance from the incoming attack. All watched as the atomic hero's body slowly became a steel like material as if liquid steal was flowing from his face to his feet. "Come at me Sato, this is my atom manipulation on full defense!"
Ichiro took a step forward, his hair flowing upward, his eyes glowing red as electricity swarmed around him. "Time to end this in one final move" He said to himself before moving at super-sonic speed. Mizutaki lost track of him as well as most of the audience as he vanished for a split second before appering right above the atom hero, unleashing a devastating barrage of strikes while the targe blocked with his arms crossed above his head.
Kaito and the others watched in amazement as the sheer force of their classmate was so powerful, it was causing the stage to crack apart while his combatant struggled to block the fast and powerful blows. (Tsk, his strikes are wearing me down even at maximum defense...Sato Ichiro...heh, you didn't disappoint) With one final punch with most of his kinetic energy stored within it, he struck Atsumi's guard with such immense power, it caused the atom hero to hit the ground face down with the entire area shaking from his power.
The steel skin around Atsumi faded as he slowly got up. "Y-you were stronger than I gave you credit for...Sato, I hope we have a rematch when we're both stronger and I'm going to beat you"
"Hehe, we'll see about that" Sato was out of breath and his body strained from using so much power at once. A surge of red electricity whipped around him as an abrupt pain rushed through his body causing him to fall to one knee. "D-damn...i must've pushed my body farther than I thought" All watched as the kinetic hero gave out faceplanting on the stage.
"Wow folks! Looks like he really tired himself out, but let's all give him a hand! He did a great job turning that one-sided battle around!" All except most of class 206 cheered as Akira of the flame walked out, picking the two up and taking them inside a few of the girl's saw his face and blushed at how cute he looked.
"Alright! Let's bring in our next participants! Eurig and Kaito!" Nari cheered as Kaito walked onto the stage a little nervous, he saw a teen with long blonde hair with golden eyes. "Let the tournament begin!"
MATCH 2 Eurig VS Kaito
Kaito looked up at Nari smiling at her before looking at his opponent when the blonde student sat in a meditative state with a golden aura swarming around his body. "Hmph, I don't know what you're trying to do, but it won't work!" The audience watched as Kaito charged toward his opponent when a figure of golden light appeared in front of the sitting student, striking the poor hero across the face, sending him staggering back a few steps before catching himself.
(What the hell was that!? Did he just move, or am I seeing things? No, he must've summoned something but it vanished before I could get a good look)
"Alright Eurig, time to show you what I can do" With a determination, Mora began to walk towards his combatant, the moment he saw a change in the golden light, Kaito closed his right eye as time came to a halt. With his one eye, he saw what looked like Eurig's soul leaving his body as some kind of astral projection as he was made of golden light.
The spirit was stopped in time with it about to throw a punch right for him while Kaito walked past it in the frozen time looking at the meditating student before sending a fierce punch to his torso before closing his left eye as it began to burn. The crowd watched as the target went staggering back sevreal feet landing on his back.
"Hmph, I thought this was going to be easy, but you somehow react faster than my astral projection...or could it just be mere luck? Let's see how you do when I try harder!" Getting to his feet, Eurig charged toward him full speed before manifesting the astral projections just a foot away from his target.
Kaito stopped time with his right eye while dodging simultaneously before losing his balance, hitting the tiled stage as time resumed and the spirit hit plain air looking down to see their opponent on the ground.
"Hmm, something seems off about your quick movements, but I'm sure you'll ware yourself out soon enough" His spirt threw a punch right for Kaito who rolled out of the way just in time. (Damn it, stopping time is exhausting if I use it too frequently, I probably have one left in me before I'm out of stamina)
"What's the matter Kaito, surely you're not giving up already, we've only just started. I'm sure you have more to offer" Just then his astral projection rose up from the ground right in front of the red-haired hero, throwing a barrage of punches to his abdomen before sending a final blow across Mora's face sending him back as he landed on the edge of the stage about to fall when he vanished as if teleporting.
"Nari's watching, so I can't lose here" Eurig spun around throwing a punch toward Kaito who caught it, hitting the surprised student in the head with his own, disoreanting him before clinching his fist, punching the confused opponet in the rips before tripping him with his foot. As the blonde hero fell, Kaito sent a fierce blow to his jaw sending him flying out of bounds.
Many of the students watching stared in shock out how fast the fight had turned. Kaito looked up at Nari smiling giving her a thumbs up before walking off stage over to Eurig who laid out of bounds. "Hey, I hope there's no hard feels, I couldn't afford to lose in front of my friend"
The student let out a weak laugh from the air getting knocked out of him as Kaito helped him to his feet. "No worries, I could tell you wanted to win for her, so I held back" He gave Kaito a smile before preparing to walk away.
"Wait what do you mean let me win? Kaito said with a smirk. "Are you saying you weren't trying during our fight?"
"Of course not, I didn't even want to enter this tournament, but sadly our teacher made the entire class sign up. You have potential Kaito, but you need to improve in your fighting skills. If I wanted to I could have easily won that fight. Do what you can to become a pro hero, just don't let it cloud your judgement"
"Next time we fight...let's fight for real" His new friend gave him a nod with a smile before walking away as both made their way back to their seats...
"Alright that was a great fight folks! What a turnaround! Now for the next fight! Nari VS Senshi Shimamura! With an excited grin Nari jumped from the seats, throwing both arms out as wings forms before she deseeded down to the stage before the wings went back into her body. She looked to see a tan girl with black and purple hair walking up to the stage drinking a coffee before tossing it into the trass in the corner of the area out of bounds in the corner.
MATCH 3 Nari VS Senshi
"Heh, so you're my opponent, you don't seem like much of a threat" Nari taunted. The girl with long purple and dark hair gave her an uninterested look responding: "Yet you're just an animal...if history has proven anything, it's that nature will always prevail over animals"
"Let the fight begin!"
Nari waited, watching her target closely when vines shot up from the stage, wrapping around her body keeping her in place. "Heh, this is going to be easier than I thought. You may as well give up now before you get embarrassed"
Nari struggled for a moment for a smirk grew on her face. "You underestimate the variety of abilities animals possess" At that moment, Nari's body grew far more built as her muscles grew and tore out of the vines while also causing her jacket to rip only leaving her under shirt. "Nice sneak attack, but now it's my turn" As she grew eagle wing from her arms, she ascended into the air above the stage before spinning in mid-air firing spikes from her body in all directions at the stage.
"Tsk!" Quickly Senshi sprung a tree to life as large branches shot up around her forming into a thick layered tree as the many spikes struck the branches but couldn't pierce the wood. Nari stopped and looked down at her hidden combatant as the tree grew arms and legs made of layered-branches like a tree-golem, reaching right for the animal hero.
The crowd watched as the large wooden hands closed, capturing Nari in it's grasp...that's when a faint sound could be heard... Senshi looked through the spaces between the twisted branches to see Nari chew her way through the golem's grasp with bever teeth before falling right for the base of the tree where the nature hero was hidden.
"You won't hide from me!" As she fell right for the tree, she grew badger claws, sending powerful and quick stabs at the wood as the wood began breaking away with each strike. Senshi watched as claws broke right through the layers of wood and gripped her shirt before pulling her out of the tree.
Crocodile skin formed around Nari's body as she jumped from the tree, choke slamming her target onto the stage with a hard smash. Others watched in amazement while most of class 206 grew annoyed. Shimamura with her hair now a mess and face planted on the stage, she slowly placed her hand on the surface of the stage as wooden spikes rose up from the stage all around Nari. She dodged a few when two came up from both sides of her striking her hard skin but unable to pierce through it.
"I expected this would be your last resort. Do you give up?" Senshi looked up at her with an angered expression. "Not yet!" Clapping her hands together. A massive tree formed around Nari, far bigger than the first one. Deep inside the dark tree, spikes shot out of every inch like an iron maiden but were unable to wound the adaptive hero.
Using the strength of gorilla, piercing claws of the bagger and protective skin of the crocodile, Nari broke through the tree, stabbing the wood repeatedly until she was free. With another grin Nari charged right for the drained opponent who prepared to attack once more when the adaptive hero reached her first, gripping her by the shirt before hitting her with her own forehead before letting go as Senshi hit the stage floor.
"Winner Nari Toga!" Most of the crowd cheered as Nar raised her fist in the air and her body reverted back to normal. She looked at Kaito with a smile with him giving her a nod with a smile as she walked back to her seat while Senshi got up brushing her hair back before sighing from losing but wasn't angry, more disappointed.
"Let us keep this tournament going! Mizuki VS Jin!" the shark hero smiled, excited to give it a go as the young hero made his way to the stage, his opponent was Jin, he had spiky blonde hair with a strand of hair that went down across his face with green eyes. He gave Mizuki Mirai a cold look as they faced one another...
Match 4 Mizuki VS Jin
The shark hero smirked transforming one of his arms into water preparing to attack when the announcer shouted: "Begin!" The shark hero released a blast of water right for Jin who dodged it at the last second. Electricity began to surge around his body before aiming his palm towards the water hero. "You're nothing but a novice hero...keep your water away from my clean clothes"
Mirai quickly slapped his palm onto the stage creating a dome of ice just as a powerful strike of lightning struck the barrier causing it to shatter like mere glass. He watched as the ice all around him hit the stage. With the electric target still showing no emotion towards him as if he were below him.
"Hmph, fine you think you're so great, let's see you take this! With a calm breath, everyone could see Mizuki's breath as ice began spreading from his chest to the rest of his body until his entire body was made of a thick layer of ice. "Bring it on Jin" The shark hero gave him a serious look advancing towards them while the blonde student shot a bolt of electricity from his index finger right for his target as a cage made of lightning formed around him.
"Give it up water boy...your weak powers can't protect anyone, you might as well not even be a hero" The crowd grew quiet with Nari getting up preparing to jump to the stage when Kaito grabbed Nari wrapping his arms around her waist keeping her from leaving the seats.
"That bastard's gonna get a piece of my fist when I get down there!" She shouted flailing her arms around trying to break free. "Nari, if you help him he's going to be disqualified" Kaito reminded her. She stopped and looked at Mizuki who gave a smile as if to say it was ok. She sat back down crossing her arms with an annoyed expression.
Jin approached Mizuki who stood trapped in the cage made of surging power as a smirk grew on Jin, looks like the victor is clear" The class 206 student gloated as the cage began to close end on itself making it smaller around Mizuki. Just then a smirk grew on the shark hero's face.
"Maybe you should pay more attention to your surroundings instead of making toxic comments" Jin spun around to see a ball of water opened around Jin, trapping him inside. "Water sphere, piranha barrage!" The gloating hero found himself trapped inside the ball of water with piranhas made of liquid attacking him from all directions as if they were real piranhas.
Bubbles escaped his lips from the pain as he grew more furious. The cage of electricity faded as Jin used his power to destroy the sphere of water in a burst of water going in all directions, his hair a mess from being covered in water.
"Cough, y-you little shit...I'll show you that class 206 is superior!" Throwing his hand towards the sky with a look of rage he sent a near instantons strike of lightning from the sky down on the stage, covering the stage in a blinding flash of light. All watched as the light faded to see Mizuki laying on the stage motionless covered in burns and bruises.
"I did it! I told you our class was superior!" Nari tried to hold back her rage as she manifested claws and violently clawed the stone barrier in front of her grinding her teeth. Kaito put his hand on her shoulder. Just then Mizuki's body turned to water evaporating when he repapered standing behind Jin with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.
"You think it's over? This fight is just beginning"
"B-but you were out cold, how did you recover so fast!? Mizuki smirked showing his shark teeth responding: "If you were smarter, you'd realize the thing you struck was a water duplication I left while I went under the stage in my complete liquified form to avoid the attack. Now then...it's time to continue our duel....water dome...shark barrage" The entire stage was suddenly covered in the hero's dome of water as Jin floated in the water unable to swim fast enough to avoid the water sharks soaring right for him in all directions, piercing through his uniform like spears before repeating several times while Mizuki stood firmly on the stage with his hands still crossed
(Tsk! This is bull shit! Am I really going to lose to that novice!? No....I refuse to accept this!) Focusing every ounce of remaining power he had left, Jin called down a bolt of lightning once more, striking the dome, sending volts of electricity throughout the water striking Mizuki as he struggled to keep the dome manifested since he was the only one who could breathe underwater.
After nearly a minute of getting struck with lightning, Mirari fell to his knees as the world of water hit the floor, the stage drenched in water as Jin too shock standing in place before succumbing to the stress on his body, utterly hitting the stage out cold. All of the other students were silent at first before looking at Mizuki who gave them a thumbs up before losing consciousness hitting the floor.
"W-well, since Mizuki was still conscious after his opponent passed out...I have no choice but to claim victory to Mizuki!" At that moment Nari jumped from her seat onto the stage over to her friend as she threw his hand over his shoulder helping him to the medical center. As she laid him in a bed, a dark silhouette emerged from the corner of the room.
She spun around to see Kanazetsu grab her by the throat. "Your power is admirable...not only that...you're close to the successor of pure justice...though I could just capture the boy instead...I'd prefer to avoid causing a scene during such a watched event" A purple mist swarmed around them before they vanished...
Match 5 Tagamori VS Yamato
Kaito watched as his healed classmate stepped onto the stage, the bandages falling to the ground. Tagamori's face was healed but his right arm had been badly scorched leaving the entire arm scared. Yamato had spiky blonde hair with sharp teeth as he stood before his opponent with a dark-purple aura around his body.
"Begin!" Tagamori pulled out a red ball, tossing it over to his target who watched in confusion. The moment the ball hit the ground, it began letting out cartoon laughs. "Hmph, what is this some kind of joke?"
Yamato went to kick it when the explosive hero snapped his fingers, causing the area around the ball to explode, knocking the blonde student back as he landed on his back. The combatant quickly got back up responding: "Seems you have the power to make things explode...but I'm sure I can still beat you!" A grin grew on the student's face as a silhouette of Yamato made out of dark energy split from his body standing beside him with glowing red eyes and sharp teeth.
"As you can see, I have the ability to create duplications of myself made of a dark substance. Don't worry, they are more dangerous than they look he snickered sadistically before sending the dark entity right for his target.
Rioda whistled as loud as he could, the moment his approaching target was within five feet, he caused the area around them to explode once more. The students watched as the dark entity shook with it's liquid-like arm on the floor. Yamato put his palm to his face as he began to laugh sadistically: Hehehhaha! You idiot! I knew this would happen! Once my duplication becomes injured...it duplicates!"
All watched as the arm began to grow into it's own body with now two dark entities standing before the hero. "Shit" Meanwhile Kaito sat alone with Mizuki in the medical center but Nari nowhere to be found. "Strange, I thought she was just taking Mizuki to the first aid area...if she isn't back by the end of this round, I'll probably go make sure she's ok"
Back on the stage Tagamori was losing hope. "If injuring the duplicates cause them to multiply, then I need to try to get close to the controller" Taking off full speed, the hero rushed past the entities right for Yamato who threw a punch right for Rioda. The explosive hero dodged the coming attack, grabbing his foe by the mouth releasing a weak explosion that caused his foe to cough staggering back.
With the fighter open, Tagamori threw a punch right for his target's abdomen, sending a strong burst the moment his fist made contact as Yamato went flying backward, landing on his back, his head hanging over the stage near the out of bounds. "Tsk, you bastard...I was hoping this would be an easy fight, but it seems I'll have to actually put effort into this fight"
The sky began to grow dark as the dark duplications phased back inside Yamato. A red aura outlined his body as his teeth grew sharper and his body grew more muscular. "Get ready for a beat down, I try not to use this part of my power since I tend to get out of control" Akira of the flame paid close attention in case it got out of hand.
Rioda watched as his opponent lunged straight for him clinching their fist, preparing to striking him down with their massive fist. Tagamori jumped back just in time as Yamato struck the stage sending a massive shockwave throughout the arena. Rioda snapped his fingers during the shockwave as a fierce explosion erupted from the stage.
As the smoke cleared, they saw the stage scorched with Yamato covered in burns and bruises. "Hehe, well that actually hurt...but I can still fight. In this form, I am far more durable!" Tagamori prepared to snap his fingers the moment his target moved, but was caught off guard by his foe's speed as Yamato struck the poor hero across the face, sending him smashing into the stone wall that surrounded the stage before hitting the ground out of bounds.
"Heheh...I did it...maybe using this form was too much" Clinching his fists he reverted back to normal out of breath. He looked at Rioda who was too hurt to move. Meanwhile Kaito knew something was wrong...why hadn't Nari returned yet? He got up to go look for her...
Credit
Omnium By Shenron lives
Akira Of the flame By Mira
Disaster by Everlution
Mizutaki Atsumi By Minji.Arts
Senshi Shimamuta By Meerkat
Eurig By Danzetsu