__________TIME SKIP 2 YEARS__________
Last month I became 13 years old, and I couldn't help but think that my bodies' physiology was somehow affected by my devil fruit, I was unnaturally strong for a person without a strength-enhancing quirk. I was already 2.1 meters tall, towering over most grown adults.
During this time I gained more muscle, It wasn't noticeable due to my recent growth sprouts but I was by no means skinny. My training progressed a lot, It went from barely being able to do 10 push-ups in the beginning, to not even feeling 500.
Nowadays I need to add weights to my body to feel any stress from the workout. Weights in the form of heavy trash from the beach.
My height made me a lot more recognizable, it made me completely avoid populated areas in my civilian time. The only place I couldn't hide was at school, I stood out like a sore thumb.
The one good thing that came out of school was that I got to see both Midoriya and Bakugou, granted we were in different classes, but we still "interacted". We all went to Aldera Junior High, so we usually met in the courtyard.
With Bakugou it's always something like: "So what if you're tall? You're still just an extra!" He usually tried to fight me, I just put both my fingers over to his eyes and use a weakened version of Amaterasu, I didn't want to blind him after all.
I also never stick around for long, so by the time he recovers I'm usually long gone.
With Midoriya it was usually just him muttering a hello, he isn't very sociable. I sometimes help him when he's getting bullied.
After so many encounters with me, Bakugo knows that I can be annoying, so he just leaves with his crew when I get involved. The only time he tried to genuinely fight me I was just dodging and using Amaterasu.
My vigilante work didn't stop, I was extra careful so there weren't any more mistakes like last time, I had basically turned my part of the city into a crime-free zone, well mostly.
Some still acted regardless of my fame and notoriety.
An excellent example of that were the daytime robbers in front of me. It was quite a sizable group, a band of 13 thugs, however only about 4 looked even somewhat experienced, the rest must have been recruited off the streets.
I was observing them from a nearby rooftop. About 7 of them used guns, the others probably have offensive quirks.
Five people were holding the hostages together, they picked 10 people that seemed to have the most harmless quirks.
I heard sirens blaring, quickly police cars surrounded the place, one policeman with his megaphone started initiating negotiation with the robbers. One of the robbers seemed to have a voice amplification quirk.
They went back and forth for a while, I was waiting for a good time to assist. Meanwhile, a few heroes started appearing, the only ones I recognized were Death Arms and the somewhat new pro hero Kamui Woods.
They seemed to also be waiting for an opportunity, obviously concerned for the hostages.
The police brought their escape vehicles, they had asked for 4 vans, the police had little choice but to give in.
Then I heard them saying the magic words.
"We will come out now, make way!!"
As I heard that I got prepared. When all of them came out I realised that they decided to take some hostages with them, it mattered little to me.
I jumped up floating above them, crossed my hands and used Yasakani no Magatama, I was not worried about hitting the hostages, with my observation haki I could only miss if I wanted to.
As the light flashed out of my hands, rays started raining down upon the villains, they couldn't even react before being pierced by them. I was aiming to incapacitate them, not kill.
And just like that, I used Yata no Kagami to quickly escape the scene, it was crawling with law enforcement and heroes. Thankfully I was too fast for them to catch, they didn't have anyone in their group that could counter me.
I quickly reached a backstreet and went in between the buildings, paths I knew too well, lacking in surveillance and activity. I quickly got changed and went on my way.
__________ POV Kamui Woods__________
Being a new hero during a hostage situation is stressful, as I stood there and waited for the negotiation to end and the hostages to come out I couldn't help but grimace. We didn't have any other quirk that could subdue them quickly besides mine.
My quirk Arbor should hopefully be enough, I just need to catch them when they are distracted.
Negotiations went as planned, all of the villains were coming out. Even though they were still holding hostages, that was to be expected.
When all of them came out I was preparing to use Lacquered Chain Prison, but the instant the last one came outside a yellow light flashed above us, most people looked up, the only thing they could see was the light, it was like staring at the sun.
Rays of deadly lasers started raining down on the villains, I was instantly worried about the safety of the hostages, after a few seconds the assault ended, all of the villains were falling to the ground, but the hostages were still standing.
Looking up, I could only catch a glimpse of a yellow costume. The police quickly acted and took the hostages away from the vicinity of the injured robbers.
I heard the police talking about a vigilante in the past, it's the first time I've seen him work. Regardless of the legality of his activity, his ability was very impressive. After all, he already has more experience under his belt than me.
Unfortunately, the police force and even most pro heroes didn't share his view. They considered him a danger to others and himself.
The news certainly didn't care how they painted the situation, it seems they only want the most interesting headline, not caring about lawful and societal norms.
As such the headlines next morning were "Yellow Flash strikes again!" and "As heroes and police stood aside the vigilante saved the day!". Only a few reporters that were closer to the police force said anything positive about us.
The rest just wanted to spring up controversy.
This didn't bode well for anybody, it made the police and the heroes at the scene look incompetent, and at the same time, it made them hold animosity towards the vigilante, even if it wasn't his fault at all.
I can only hope he doesn't get caught at this point.